Category: Public Health

COVID-19 vaccine won’t be as effective for obese people, experts predict

By Becker's Hospital Review - Healthcare News in Becker's Hospital Review, Channels, Featured, Public Health
August 6, 2020

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These 9 cities are seeing case increases, Birx warns; experts call for testing overhaul — 7 COVID-19 updates

By Becker's Hospital Review - Healthcare News in Becker's Hospital Review, Channels, Featured, Public Health
August 6, 2020

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Health Care Workers of Color Nearly Twice as Likely as Whites to Get COVID-19

By Christina Jewett in COVID-19, Health Industry, Kaiser Health News, Lost On The Frontline, Public Health, study
August 6, 2020

Harvard research shows minorities are most likely to report inadequate PPE and to work with COVID-positive patients.

America’s Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine

By Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News in COVID-19, Disparities, Kaiser Health News, Obesity, Public Health, Vaccines
August 6, 2020

Vaccines engineered to protect the public from influenza, hepatitis B, tetanus and rabies are less effective for obese people, leaving them more vulnerable to serious illness. As scientists race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, experts say obesity could prove an impediment — a sobering prospect for a nation in which nearly half of all adults are obese.

With Caveats, Hopeful News for Preschools Planning Young Kids’ Return

By Anna Almendrala in California, children's health, COVID-19, Kaiser Health News, Public Health, states
August 6, 2020

Hundreds of thousands of essential workers have kept their kids in day care during the pandemic out of necessity and, so far, these centers haven’t been big disease spreaders. But the evidence remains incomplete.