Category: Public Health

AstraZeneca vaccine cuts virus transmission; COVID-19 deaths fall in 25 states — 5 updates

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100 Million Covid Shots in 100 Days Doesn’t Get Us Back to Normal

President Joe Biden’s promise to reach this milestone is an important step forward in vaccine rollout. But it is only the beginning of the sweeping vaccination effort required.

Dispelling Vaccine Misinformation and Myths in California’s Breadbasket

Even though farmworkers are vulnerable to covid, many hesitate to get the vaccine, worried the shot could have severe side effects or signal their whereabouts to immigration officials. Immigrant advocates in the Coachella Valley and other farming regions are visiting workers to try to allay their fears.

In Austin, Some Try to Address Vaccine Inequity, but a Broad Plan Is Elusive

The east side of Austin has few of the chain stores key to the Texas vaccination plan. But local officials have done pop-up vaccination events in the community to get more shots to Blacks and Latinos.

COVID-19 and global healthcare: Implications for US-China collaborations

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Only 5% of COVID-19 vaccines given went to Black Americans

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What the CDC knows about the nation’s first 13 million COVID-19 vaccine recipients

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1 vaccine dose may be sufficient for COVID-19 survivors

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US vaccinations outnumber COVID-19 cases; reinfection more likely if variants become dominant — 7 updates

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CDC ramps up efforts to detect coronavirus variants

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