Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines. Testing The NYC Health Department offers free PCR testing at ourCOVID-19 Express Testingsite. Order free at-home test kitsfrom the federal government. Each household is eligible to receive four free test kits. ...
The vaccine community has produced extensive evidence on vaccine hesitancy, but research to understand the factors that affect public trust in vaccines and vaccine confidence among Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) remains limited. To enrich extant literature, we present themes from 332 ...
You can view a visualization of these data on the NYC Health Department'sCOVID-19 Vaccines Data webpage. The CIR keeps immunization records for all city residents — children and adults — throughout their lives. COVID-19 vaccination data are reported by vaccinating facilities to the CIR and...
"Parents may not think of the flu as being as serious as it is," Dr. Jane Zucker with the Health Department told 1010 WINS. "But the fact that it can be deadly in children, the fact that it can lead to hospitalization I don't think is as widely known as we would like." The He...
HCWs not targeted for flu vaccines. Governor Patterson initiated mandate for HCWs for flu vaccine in 2009. Mandatory flu vaccinations supported by Infectious Disease Society of America: "most effective means to protect patients against transmission of seasonal and H1N1 flu by HCW"; National Patient ...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said it will spend up to $100 million to improve detection, isolation and treatment efforts for the new coronavirus. It also hopes to accelerate the development of vaccines, drugs and diagnostics. "Multilateral organizations, national governments, the private secto...
As millions of kids head back to school, former FDA commissioner and Pfizer board member Scott Gottlieb said on"Face the Nation"that he believesCOVIDvaccines for children as young as five could be approved by the end of October. Today, more than a million New York City students return to ...
Free And Low-Cost Vaccines in NYC for Kids and People With No Insurance Free Healthcare and Support for Immigrants Living with HIV/AIDS in New York Get a COVID-19 Vaccine for Free in NYC If You Are Uninsured How to Get Free Home Health Care Services in New York Self-Defense Clas...
This is not to disparage measles or MMR vaccines. They work, unlike the currently marketed vaccines for COVID-19. See more in theMeasles–NYC–2019preprint, containing 10 pages and 54 references. On the eve of the elections,Twitter created and ran in the New York the trend“Kill all Jews...
Whilethere isn't a mandate for children over 12 to be vaccinated[yet?],all NYC public school children are required to wear masks, social distance at three or more feet, and may be subject to health screenings [testing]. The Catholic schools in NYC are not requiring vaccines for teachers ...