by Richard A. Hendricks | May 30, 2021 | Health News
“This shows incentives matter,” said Dr. Jonathan Reiner, professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University School of Medicine. “People needed a carrot, and the carrot was the ability to drop the mask in most settings.” On the afternoon of May 13, just after Walensky’s announcement, the number of visits to the site started […]
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 30, 2021 | Health News
Over 3.94 million children have tested positive for Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, yet severe illness seems relatively rare among children. Still, the CDC says kids can get sick and spread it to others, so it...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 24, 2021 | Health News
Science dictated last week’s guidance — widely criticized as confusing — advising fully vaccinated Americans that they could ditch the masks under most circumstances, Walensky said, citing studies showing the coronavirus vaccines not only provide...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 21, 2021 | Health News
The data, provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in response to a public records request, gives a sweeping national look at the race and ethnicity of vaccinated people on a state-by-state basis. Yet nearly half of those vaccination records are...
by Richard A. Hendricks | May 15, 2021 | Health News
“It’s kind of a mess to figure out with this particular audience what resonates with them, because they see vaccines as taking away their freedom,” said one official. “It’s a hard climb for everyone in public health. It’s moving a...
