Tag: Vaccination
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So why does my dog get Lyme disease vaccine, and I don’t?
Science can protect your dog, but not you. Expert explains why ’90s vaccine for humans disappeared and details efforts to develop a new one.
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In a war zone, COVID isn’t the only health problem
A Chan School panel details need for broader health campaigns that also include various vaccines in conflict areas.
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How Harvard’s multilayer strategy helps keep COVID rates low
Health Services chief points to air filtration systems, high vaccination rates, masking and testing protocols, and other measures.
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The present and future of COVID variants
Conversations with Harvard experts shed light on the rise of delta, an unwelcome twist in transmission, the power of vaccination, and more.
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How far can Biden go?
Harvard Law School’s W. Neil Eggleston says President Biden is on solid legal ground to mandate that federal workers get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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Seeking ‘a leadership moment’ on global vaccination
A $25 billion investment in global vaccines would bring a five-to-one economic return and save many lives, according to Rebecca Weintraub, an HMS global health expert.
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Fauci says herd immunity possible by fall, ‘normality’ by end of 2021
Fauci predicted herd immunity by next fall and “normality” by 2021’s end, as long as enough people get vaccinated to bring the pandemic to an end.
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How pandemic set back efforts to fight other deadly global health problems
COVID-19 has not only sickened and killed millions around the globe, it has wreaked havoc on existing programs to fight health ills that affect millions more. Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Dean Michelle Williams discusses with the Gazette an “action agenda” on global health for the incoming Biden administration.
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Sick with measles, again
Dyann Wirth, chair of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health’s Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, discusses what’s behind the resurgence of measles in the United States.
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Defending against the flu
Raphael Dolin of the Medical School discusses the evidence for hand washing, the timing of flu season, and who’s most vulnerable to serious complications.
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Haiti: 3 Years, 6 Months
Living in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, most of Haiti’s nine million people are subsistence farmers. Poverty and malnutrition are exacerbated by poor health care and a low vaccination rate.
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Vaccine vacuum
Small increases in vaccine costs can cause large gaps in protection, study finds. Also, vaccine “scares” may do more harm than previously believed to a population’s “herd immunity.”