(AP) — Washington state has reached its goal of vaccinating 45,000 people per day against COVID-19, health officials said Friday evening. The Department of Health said in a news release that the daily goal had been reached and that more than 1.8 million vaccine doses had been...
Despite the clamor to speed up the U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 and get the country back to normal, the first three months of the rollout suggest faster is not necessarily better.
Our study only assessed the prevalence of negative vaccine tweets, future studies are needed to analyze the content of these tweets to identify different themes of these negative sentiments, such as mistrust of the government or conspiracy theory. 5. Conclusions Our findings illustrate that not only...
Older Californians now eligible for another COVID-19 vaccine dose March 13, 2024 Initial estimates suggest the most recent week’s worth of viral levels in California wastewater are about 3% lower than the prior week. But that figure is subject to change as more data...
stretching out the outbreak over a longer time period will ensure, that a larger proportion of those in need of hospital treatment will actually get it. Other advantages of this approach are to win time in order to find better treatment forms and, possibly, to eventually develop a vaccine”....
While some governors have signed orders banning so-called "vaccine passports," many other states have apps that allow residents to keep digital versions of their vaccine cards on their phones. More than a dozen -- includingCalifornia,Colorado,Hawaii,New YorkandLouisiana-- offerSM...
In December 2020, nurses in Hawaii were recruited for an online survey that measured perceived risk/threat of COVID-19, vaccine attitudes, and perceived safety of COVID-19 vaccines, as well as level of intention: primary, secondary (i.e., delayed), or no intention to vaccinate. The final...
My patients might not appreciate my advocacy for this position, but it stands to reason that if forced to allocate a scarce vaccine to different regions in the midst of a peaking pandemic, it makes sense to focus on those regions wherepeople are most likely to die. Hawaii...
T20 illustrates discussions around mandatory test and vaccine for flying, such as “Beginning Nov 24 anyone flying to Hawaii will have to show a negative COVID19 test before their departure no matter the airline they fly in onwhile it will require proof of vaccination to fly.” (Supplementary...
No prescription would be needed for the third dose, and people can self-attest to their conditions. ACIP did not recommend any tests to see if people have had a sufficient response to the vaccine. No test is FDA-authorized for checking immune response after getting a Covid vaccine. ACIP...