Medical mistrust among Black Americans, resulting from systemic racism and a history of unequal treatment in healthcare, may play a role in COVID-19 inequities, specifically among Black Americans living with HIV, explains Laura...
Read MoreIn Silicon Valley, the concept of friction is the idea that you must remove every bit of inconvenience or work that gets in the way of a digital interaction. It’s about making things as easy as possible to get done. I’ve been...
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WEDNESDAY, May 12, 2021 (HealthDay News) — Women receiving the COVID-19 vaccine in their...
Read MoreMedicare patients of female physicians are more likely than patients of male physicians in the same practice to receive the influenza vaccine, according to a research letter published in JAMA Internal Medicine. Dan P. Ly, MD,...
Read MoreDuring the pandemic, there has been a decrease in total and measles-containing vaccines in all children, according to a study published in Pediatrics. Researchers assessed vaccine uptake and vaccination coverage for all...
Read MoreInvestments must be made to better understand trends and reasons for vaccine hesitancy so that timely and effective policies and programs can be developed. Vaccination hesitancy typically originates from concerns about the...
Read MoreDuring a recent PW Podcast episode, we spoke with gynecologic oncologist Valena Wright, MD, author of the book “It’s Time You Knew: The Power of Your Choices to Prevent Women’s Cancer.” Following is a summary of that interview...
Read MoreDuring a recent PW Podcast episode, we spoke with Ateev Mehrotra, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School; and Associate Professor of Medicine and Hospitalist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...
Read MoreThere have been significant declines in vaccinetype human papillomavirus (HPV) infections among both vaccinated and unvaccinated adolescent girls and young adult women, according to research published in the Morbidity and...
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Seven in 10 adults in their 50s, 60s, and 70s are now ready to get vaccinated against COVID-19...
Read MoreDespite immunizations being some of the most effective, life-saving public health interventions in history, anti-vaccine propaganda and vaccine hesitancy have presented challenges for clinicians trying to convince patients to...
Read MoreDuring a recent PW Podcast episode, we spoke with Perri Klass, MD, Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics at New York University and co-author of the perspective “Vaccinating Children against COVID-19—The Lessons of Measles,”...
Read MoreA s a palliative care doctor in NYC during the beginning of the pandemic, my typical greeting response of “I’m fine” was speedily replaced with “I’m hanging in there.” It seemed slightly less false (because who’s really “fine”...
Read More“In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), the frequency of HBV infection is low, but not negligible,” explains Fabrizio Fabrizi, MD. “In addition, recent data indicate that chronic HBV infection promotes the development of...
Read MoreIn a hopeful turnaround during a long pandemic, US nursing homes that were once the epicenter of coronavirus infections are now seeing both cases and deaths fall steeply as the country’s vaccination rollout starts to take hold....
Read MoreChildren who have received an influenza vaccine are less likely to have symptomatic COVID-19 or severe disease, according to a study published in Cureus. Researchers examined the effect of influenza and pneumococcal vaccines on...
Read MoreTwo papers using the same data about the same topic were published in the same surgical journal 1 month apart. They came up with opposite conclusions. The subject was laparoscopic appendectomy, specifically whether the placement...
Read More‘Twas just the season to be gifting, but there are rules to be followed when a doctor gets a gift from a patient. You are a fiduciary for your patients, bound to only act for their good, and a gift can skew that. On the other...
Read MoreIn a new guidance statement from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN), recommendations are presented for COVID-19 vaccination of cancer patients. Noting that large cohort studies have shown that cancer patients are...
Read MoreAll patients with Alzheimer’s disease and their family caregivers should be vaccinated against COVID-19, the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America says. “Getting vaccinated is one of the most important steps families affected by...
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