Medical groups' calls for COVID-19 vaccination mandates for healthcare workers reached a fever pitch on Monday, with the American Medical Association (AMA), American Nurses Association, and 55 other organizations joining the chorus supporting mandatory vaccination.
"It is critical that all people in the healthcare workforce get vaccinated against COVID-19 for the safety of our patients and our colleagues," said Susan R. Bailey, MD,...
A coalition of medical organizations on Tuesday called on health care facilities to mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for employees.
"Prior experience and current information suggest that a sufficient vaccination rate is unlikely to be achieved without making COVID-19 vaccination a condition of employment," the statement from the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA), the Infectious Diseases Society of America...
These church leaders say they believe it’s their calling to help spread the word about the importance of getting vaccinated and working together in communities to beat COVID-19.
On May 22, parishioners and members of the greater All Saints Episcopal Church community in Lakewood, New Jersey, arrived at nearby La Casa De La Tia Restaurant for one of the 14 “Grateful for the Shot” COVID-19...
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(CNN) America's vaccination pace is slowing, putting President Joe Biden's pledge for normality from July 4 in jeopardy.
To tackle the threat, Biden on Tuesday announced a strategic shift from mass vaccination drives to utilizing more...
THURSDAY, April 29, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. resistance to getting a COVID-19 vaccine is slowly diminishing, a new online survey finds, but it still exists and at especially rates in some blue-collar jobs.
For adults under age 65 who are hesitant, reluctance is mainly driven by concerns about safety, side effects and distrust in government, the poll found. It's also largely linked to people's line of work....
Caring for others is a calling for Good Samaritan Society nursing and clinical services consultant Karis Gust, R.N.
“That’s what nurses do, man,” Gust says.
It’s also why, bright and early, Gust is opening the door to yet another opportunity to make her life count.
“I want to try and do my part to help vaccinate in my home state,” Gust says.
Drive to serve
A Luverne, Minnesota,...
Update: On April 26th, the White House announced that it will share 60 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine with other nations around the world after quality control inspections by the FDA.
This week, global health experts took to social media to ask the U.S. government why it hasn’t offered its stockpile of AstraZeneca vaccines to India. There are currently tens of millions of unused...
In the past month, more than 1,000 scientific, public health, and legal experts have joined a call to global leaders to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccines for low- and middle-income countries.
“The COVID-19 pandemic will not be over for us until it is over for everyone,” the authors wrote in an open letter.
Now, a health expert in Argentina argues in the BMJ that, on top of supply problems, Latin...
The plateauing of new infections puts the country “at considerable risk of rebounding up,” warned the infectious diseases expert.
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday warned against declaring premature victory against the coronavirus , with daily new infections hovering around the 60,000-mark as GOP-run states relax restrictions .
“We’ve come down to a level that plateaued and...
The Hmong Village, a sprawling indoor mall in St. Paul, Minnesota, has long been the center of cultural and commercial life for the Hmong diaspora.
It’s filled with restaurants, street fairs and specialty goods stores that attract visitors across the country, and for the past three Saturdays, it’s also become the site of a mass vaccination effort that’s immunized at least 600 Hmong seniors and health care workers....
As the global effort to produce vaccines that can curb the COVID-19 pandemic forges ahead, headlines continue to highlight development breakthroughs and safety concerns.
This article summarizes the known side effects of the 13 authorized vaccines and provides insight into risks that researchers are still investigating.
Currently authorized COVID-19 vaccines
The table below gives an overview of the 13...
In virtual event, nurses celebrate moments of triumph in the fight against COVID-19 and discuss the challenges ahead
For decades, nursing has been one of America's most-trusted professions—a role that has never been more vital to public health than it is now, in the midst of a pandemic marked by the politicization of science and the rise of misinformation.
"The ability to communicate science begins with trust," said ...