Previous economic evaluations of new vaccines largely focussed on a narrow set of benefit categories, including primarily health gains and disease-related medical cost-savings, which probably resulted in underestimates of the true value of these vaccines. Other economic benefits of vaccines could be con...
Titer testing uses blood serum to measure the antibodies being produced by the immune system to determine if vaccination has been effective, or if booster vaccination is required. Research of population titers is how vaccine repeat intervals are determined, but many dog owners also have titer testin...
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As with seemingly everything else these days, there’s an app for that — or at least there will be soon. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is developing a digital pass that will show a passenger’s testing and vaccination status. Others under development includ...
Long covid (post covid-19 condition) is a complex condition with diverse manifestations, uncertain prognosis and wide variation in current approaches to management. There have been calls for formal quality standards to reduce a so-called “postcode lotte
The long-term health effects of COVID-19 may have an impact on life insurance, but the vaccine does not. You are likely still eligible for coverage even if you’ve had COVID-19 and the death benefit should be paid out regardless of vaccination status or cause of death. » MORE: ...
"I think it's really up to the individual and how much what their comfort level is in potentially either being exposed to COVID or exposing others to COVID," she said. "It's a risk benefit decision that people can make." MORE: Biden, first lady last together Monday, same day...
Perhaps the most significant change is the end of continuous Medicaid coverage, but that benefit actually halted federally on March 31 with the passage of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill funding the U.S. government for the 2023 fiscal y...
Reactogenicity represents the physical manifestation of the inflammatory response to vaccination, and can include injection-site pain, redness, swelling or induration at the injection site, as well as systemic symptoms, such as fever, myalgia, or headach
"What we're talking about with the risks of the vaccine are very infrequent events," said Piazza, who also is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. "And you pit that against the large degree of benefit that you get" by reducing the severity of COVID-19 and reduci...