Simple strategies can boost vaccination rates for adults over 65 − new study
Reading a pamphlet in the doctor’s office about which vaccines to get may help nudge older adults to get vaccinated.
Weldon’s history of vaccine skepticism helped tank his CDC nomination
A key Republican on the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee shared concerns about CDC director nominee Dave Weldon’s vaccine views with the White House before his nomination was ...
STAT5h
Vaccine hesitancy is about much more than misinformation
Huseyin Zeyd Koytak and his colleagues analyzed 50 million vaccine-related social media posts to find root causes. They found ...
WBUR21h
5 years later, Dr. Peter Hotez on triumphs and tragedies of COVID-19
Triumphs of COVID-19 included rapid vaccine development and scientific collaboration. But the tragedies were numerous.
Eric Adam, Bill de Blasio & Mitchell Katz: Five years after COVID, recall losses & lessons
On this day, exactly five years ago, we lost the first New Yorker to COVID-19. In the days and weeks that followed, the city ...
Long Island man is first in New York history to be cured of sickle cell anemia
A patient on Long Island is the first in New York to be cured of sickle cell anemia, doctors say. They credit state-of-the-art genetic treatment. For 21 years, Sebastien Beauzile suffered chronic pain ...
STAT17h
The sudden withdrawal of a CDC nominee and what went wrong with Covid policies
This week on the "Readout LOUD" podcast: the sudden withdrawal of a CDC nominee and what went wrong with Covid policies.