Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Yes, the vaccines already authorized for emergency use against SARS-CoV-2 infection were developed relatively quickly. However, speediness does not equal sloppiness, and all necessary steps were taken in the process, experts said this week. Dr Matthew Zahn “The speed with which safe and effective vaccines have been developed is […]
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Selma Blair is reflecting on the early days of her battle with multiple sclerosis. The actress, 48, was diagnosed with the difficult disease — in which the immune system eats at the nerves, causing pain and numbness in the body — in Aug. 2018. But one of the first major signs of her illness came earlier that year in February, […]
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The American Academy of Dermatology has announced a 3-year, multifaceted initiative to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion not only within the academy itself, but also in the profession of dermatology overall. “Last year’s events surrounding social justice issues and the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on minority communities underscored an urgent need for the academy to outline a strategy to address […]
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(HealthDay)—The percentage of Black people with late-stage HIV diagnosis varies according to population area of residence and is higher in rural than urban and metropolitan areas, according to research published in the Feb. 19 issue of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Shacara Johnson Lyons, M.S.P.H., from the CDC in Atlanta, and colleagues […]
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A team of scientific experts from across the U.S. and Puerto Rico are advocating for increased diversity in vaccine trials after publishing a new report that highlights a decade’s worth of disparities. The new study, published in JAMA Network Open, found that among U.S.-based vaccine clinical trials, people who are Black/African American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic/Latino and age 65 and […]
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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is urging the inclusion of patients with serious mental illness (SMI) and/or substance use disorders (SUD) in the next priority group for receiving one of the COVID-19 vaccines. The organization noted in a press release that state public health authorities should […]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Top U.S. infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci on Thursday said that a post-pandemic return to “normal” could come by the end of the year, aligning his forecast with a Christmas target U.S. President Joe Biden set earlier this week. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), had guided Americans to […]
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(Reuters) – The Biden administration will pledge $4 billion to a vaccination program for poorer countries at a global economic summit on Friday in hopes that other countries will follow suit and contribute additional funds, U.S. officials said on a Thursday press call. At a meeting of the Group of Seven nations, a summit for the world’’s largest economies, the […]
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FILE PHOTO: A bottle of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is pictured at the historic Greater Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Tampa, Florida, U.S. February 14, 2021. REUTERS/Octavio Jones(Reuters) – Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have submitted new temperature data to the U.S. health regulator which they said on Friday could allow their COVID-19 vaccine to be stored in pharmacy freezers […]
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Brian Flynn recalls the first time he considered becoming a living organ donor: about five years ago, when he stumbled across a Facebook post from a friend who needed a kidney. "I was on a business trip, and I'd maybe had a few margaritas with a colleague," he says with a laugh. "But I thought, 'Why don't I see if […]
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