Tag: Vaccine
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Speaking from experience on what makes a global killer
COVID-19 isn’t going away, but one day may be as severe as the common cold, says epidemiologist Larry Brilliant.
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Polio is back in the spotlight
News reports about polio’s return worry parents. An expert explains the two types of poliovirus and the importance of herd immunity.
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2 early vaccination surveys worse than worthless thanks to ‘big data paradox,’ analysts say
As governments and health officials navigate pandemic, researchers stress the danger that comes with bad information.
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Time of day matters when getting vaccine
An observational study finds that antibody levels are higher when health care workers received the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in the afternoon.
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Vaccine side effects or a doctor carrying COVID?
A new decision-support tool helped preserve the health care workforce by distinguishing symptoms associated with COVID-19 vaccinations from symptoms of the virus itself.
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Do we need to draw you a picture? Yes, or maybe a satiric cartoon
Wrestling with a health care conundrum: how to get people to listen?
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FDA panel member cheered by Pfizer news on COVID vaccine in kids
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been shown to be safe in school-age children, a potentially key development in the fight to bring the coronavirus pandemic under control.
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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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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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Reaching people where they live and die
Robert Blendon examined the divide among Americans over vaccine mandates.
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‘In India, anything and everything is a super-spreader event’
As COVID-19 cases in India soar and a new variant is identified, Harvard Chan School’s S.V. Subramanian offers some observations.
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COVID-19 vaccine protects mothers — and their newborns
Pregnant women show robust immune response to COVID vaccines, pass antibodies to newborns.
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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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Where Health Services stands with COVID vaccine
University Health Services awaits increase supply of vaccines, indicating it has the ability to administer twice the number of vaccines to the Harvard community.
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Vaccines can get us to herd immunity, despite the variants
Can the current crop of vaccines get us to herd immunity even if variants become widespread? A Harvard immunologist says yes.
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So why did the state vaccine-reservation system crash?
David Eaves, an expert on information technology and the government, discusses why governments seemingly struggle to implement tech tools such as vaccine appointments or health insurance enrollment.
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How COVID experiences will reshape the workplace
As organizations prepare for a return to their old workplaces, Harvard Business School faculty say the pandemic has permanently changed the way we work.
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How Harvard is handling COVID vaccinations
The Gazette spoke with Giang Nguyen, executive director of Harvard University Health Services, about how the University prepared for the arrival of vaccine, where we are now in the process of vaccinating the Harvard community, and why it’s so important for everyone who is eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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COVID vaccine race leaders likely won’t be only ones to reap huge payday
The coronavirus pandemic will likely make some vaccine companies rich, but which companies and how rich relies on the still-murky future of the pandemic, a Harvard health policy expert said.
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Will there be a serious post-Thanksgiving COVID surge?
Evidence of a post-Thanksgiving surge should be emerging this week, a Harvard epidemiologist said, advising people who gathered together to get tested or assume they’re infected.
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Putting a crown on OMNIVAX
A biomaterials-based infection vaccine strategy shows first promise in eliciting immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and could be applied broadly to stave off infectious disease.