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What You Need to Know About Adult Vaccines and Boosters
Read More: What You Need to Know About Adult Vaccines and BoostersReviewed by Sabra L. Klein, Ph.D.
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With Vaccinations, Your Voice Matters
Read More: With Vaccinations, Your Voice MattersReviewed by Sabra Klein, PhD As COVID-19 vaccines make their way into the arms of the most vulnerable Americans, those of us toward the back of the line have time to make decisions about our vaccination plans. It’s important to be informed about what vaccines offer, so you can be ready to speak up for…
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Chronic conditions, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Diabetes, Prevention, Preventive health, Real women real stories, Vaccinations, Vaccines
I Live With a Chronic Illness. Vaccines Help Me Stay Alive.
Read More: I Live With a Chronic Illness. Vaccines Help Me Stay Alive.I was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes when I was 7, and I’ve lived with diabetes for more than 40 years. I want to stay as healthy as possible because diabetes is a progressive disease that can cause your health to deteriorate as years go by. I haven’t received the COVID-19 vaccine yet, but when…
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An Immune System Specialist Explains Vaccines
Read More: An Immune System Specialist Explains VaccinesMedically reviewed by Sabra L. Klein, Ph.D. Sabra L. Klein is a professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who studies how sex and gender affect the immune system. HealthyWomen spoke with her about how vaccines work, why it’s crucial to get all doses of a vaccine and the importance of herd…
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Vaccine Hesitancy vs. Vaccine Refusal: Nursing Home Staffers Say There’s a Difference
Read More: Vaccine Hesitancy vs. Vaccine Refusal: Nursing Home Staffers Say There’s a DifferenceBy Aneri Pattani, Kaiser Health News This story also ran on NPR. It can be republished for free. CONCORD, N.C. — It had been months since Tremellia Hobbs had an excuse to bring out the pompoms. Before the pandemic, they were a crowd favorite at movie nights and bingo tournaments that Hobbs organized as activities…
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15 Minutes With Dr. Fauci
Read More: 15 Minutes With Dr. FauciHealthyWomen’s editor-in-chief, Jaimie Seaton, recently spoke with Dr. Anthony Fauci. As the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), chief medical advisor to President Biden, and a practicing physician, he’s an extraordinarily busy man. So, we were honored when he agreed to give us 15 minutes from 5:00 to 5:15 to…
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When Your Chance for a Covid Shot Comes, Don’t Worry About the Numbers
Read More: When Your Chance for a Covid Shot Comes, Don’t Worry About the NumbersBy Arthur Allen and Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News It can be republished for free. When getting vaccinated against covid-19, there’s no sense being picky. You should take the first authorized vaccine that’s offered, experts say. The newest covid vaccine on the horizon, from Johnson & Johnson, is probably a little less effective at preventing…
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Your Corner Pharmacy – Joining the Front Lines of the Covid-19 Fight
Read More: Your Corner Pharmacy – Joining the Front Lines of the Covid-19 FightBy Sarah Lynch, Binghamton University, State University of New York and Danielle Mayer, Thomas Jefferson University The new year has brought the deadliest weeks of the U.S. COVID-19 epidemic thus far, with thousands of deaths every day. It’s been several weeks since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued the first of two emergency use…
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cancer, Cervical cancer, Gynecological cancer, Hpv, Medical tests, Prevention, Preventive health, Real women real stories, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Cervical Cancer Taught Me to Talk About My Vagina
Read More: Cervical Cancer Taught Me to Talk About My VaginaJanuary is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. My community, the Hispanic community, can be very shy about penises and vaginas. Most of the time, we’d rather not talk about them. I’m college educated, and I’ve seen pretty much everything you can name working as a New York City police officer for over 20 years, but I…
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Door to Door in Miami’s Little Havana to Build Trust in Testing, Vaccination
Read More: Door to Door in Miami’s Little Havana to Build Trust in Testing, VaccinationThis story is part of a partnership that includes NPR, WLRN and KHN. It can be republished for free. Little Havana is a neighborhood in Miami that, until the pandemic, was known for its active street life along Calle Ocho, including live music venues, ventanitas serving Cuban coffee and a historic park where men gather…
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cancer, Cervical cancer, Gynecological cancer, Hpv, Medical tests, Prevention, Preventive health, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Ridding the World of Cervical Cancer
Read More: Ridding the World of Cervical CancerJanuary is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Medically reviewed by Dr. DaCarla Albright. Sheri Carpenter was in the middle of a busy waitressing shift at Dalts American Grill when she began to bleed through her uniform. The 45-year-old single mother of three was feeling tired and suspected a kidney infection, but the excessive bleeding scared her…
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Ceo blog, Cervical cancer, Gynecological cancer, Hpv, Prevention, Preventive health, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Don’t Put Off Your Screening and Vaccination for Cervical Cancer
Read More: Don’t Put Off Your Screening and Vaccination for Cervical CancerEvery January, an alarm in my phone reminds me it’s time to schedule my preventive health screenings. We’re all busy and are notorious for putting ourselves last on our list of things to take care of. The family pet comes before us — and I have a survey we took to prove it. 2021 is…
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5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After You’re Vaccinated
Read More: 5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After You’re VaccinatedLiz Szabo, Kaiser Health News As an emergency physician, Dr. Eugenia South was in the first group of people to receive a covid vaccine. She received her second dose last week — even before President-elect Joe Biden. Yet South said she’s in no rush to throw away her face mask. “I honestly don’t think I’ll…
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Coronavirus, COVID-19, Prevention, Preventive health, Real women real stories, Vaccinations, Vaccines
I Was a Polio Pioneer, and I Can’t Wait to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
Read More: I Was a Polio Pioneer, and I Can’t Wait to Get the COVID-19 VaccineAs told to Alex Fulton As people around the world wait eagerly for their turn to get vaccinated against COVID-19, I’ve been reflecting on my experience with a different, equally earth-shattering scientific breakthrough — the polio vaccine. Starting in the spring of 1954, a group of children known as “Polio Pioneers” began to receive the…
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How Many People Need to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine in Order to Stop the Coronavirus?
Read More: How Many People Need to Get a Covid-19 Vaccine in Order to Stop the Coronavirus?By Pedro Mendes, University of Connecticut It has been clear for a while that, at least in the U.S., the only way out of the coronavirus pandemic will be through vaccination. The rapid deployment of coronavirus vaccines is underway, but how many people need to be vaccinated in order to control this pandemic? I am…
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Seat Belts and Smoking Rates Show People Eventually Adopt Healthy Behaviors – but It Can Take Time We Don’t Have During a Pandemic
Read More: Seat Belts and Smoking Rates Show People Eventually Adopt Healthy Behaviors – but It Can Take Time We Don’t Have During a PandemicBy Randy P. Juhl, University of Pittsburgh Why do we do things that are bad for us – or not do things that are good for us – even in light of overwhelming evidence? As someone with a long career in pharmacy, I have witnessed some pretty dramatic shifts in public health behavior. But I…
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What’s Not Being Said About Why African Americans Need to Take the Covid-19 Vaccine
Read More: What’s Not Being Said About Why African Americans Need to Take the Covid-19 VaccineBy Debra Furr-Holden, Michigan State University Dr. Anthony Fauci and other national health leaders have said that African Americans need to take the COVID-19 vaccine to protect their health. What Fauci and others have not stated is that if African Americans don’t take the vaccine, the nation as whole will never get to herd immunity.…
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If I Have Allergies, Should I Get the Coronavirus Vaccine? An Expert Answers This and Other Questions
Read More: If I Have Allergies, Should I Get the Coronavirus Vaccine? An Expert Answers This and Other QuestionsBy Mona Hanna-Attisha, Michigan State University Editor’s Note: With a coronavirus vaccination effort now underway, you might have questions about what this means for you and your family. If you do, send them to The Conversation, and we will find a physician or researcher to answer them. Here, Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, a public health pediatrician…
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Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority
Read More: Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine PriorityBy Rachel Bluth, Kaiser Health News and Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News With front-line health workers and nursing home residents and staff expected to get the initial doses of COVID vaccines, the thornier question is figuring out who goes next. The answer will likely depend on where you live. While an influential federal advisory board…
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Latinos Are Especially Reluctant to Get Flu Shots – How a Small Clinic in Indiana Found Ways to Overcome That
Read More: Latinos Are Especially Reluctant to Get Flu Shots – How a Small Clinic in Indiana Found Ways to Overcome ThatBy Pamela M. Aaltonen, Purdue University and Jennifer Coddington, Purdue University Every year, tens of millions of Americans avoid the flu vaccine. During the 2019-2020 flu season, fewer than half of U.S. adults got the shot. The Latino population is more reluctant than most other groups to get the flu vaccine and often pays a…
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When Can Children Get the Covid-19 Vaccine? 5 Questions Parents Are Asking
Read More: When Can Children Get the Covid-19 Vaccine? 5 Questions Parents Are AskingBy Wesley Kufel, Binghamton University, State University of New York The first U.S. COVID-19 vaccines are expected in clinics in mid-December, and states are drawing up plans for who should get vaccinated first. But one important group is absent: children. While two vaccines are expected to be cleared soon for adult use in the U.S.,…
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Adults Need Vaccines, But Not Everyone Gets Them
Read More: Adults Need Vaccines, But Not Everyone Gets ThemWhen I entered the pharmacy last month for my flu vaccine, it was the first time I’d stepped into a store since the pandemic began. Walking down the bright aisles felt surreal, and as I stood at the counter waiting my turn, I listened as strangers spoke of rising COVID-19 cases in our New York…
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Opinion: Communications Vital to Success of Vaccine Rollout
Read More: Opinion: Communications Vital to Success of Vaccine RolloutThis article was originally published in Morning Consult. Most of America has just breathed a huge sigh of relief that vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are on track for approval, with both companies having filed for an emergency authorization with the Food and Drug Administration. The good news from these companies is that data shows…
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Go Wash Your Hands
Read More: Go Wash Your HandsWhen I needed to up my handwashing skills due to COVID-19, I turned to the Backstreet Boys. The chorus of their 1999 hit “I Want It That Way” takes 20 seconds to sing, which is the time recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for proper handwashing. Since the pandemic started last…
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The Dark Days Before Vaccines
Read More: The Dark Days Before VaccinesMedically Reviewed by Barbara Dehn, RN, MS, NP, FAANP, NCMP Emmi Herman was only five when her big sister was hospitalized with measles encephalitis, a rare condition that causes the brain to swell. It was 1960, and the vaccine that could have prevented her 9-year-old sister’s illness was still three years away. After five weeks…
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Breast cancer, Breast cancer policy, Breast cancer survivor, Breast health, Prevention, Preventive health
Do You Have Dense Breasts?
Read More: Do You Have Dense Breasts?What kind of breasts do you have? We’re not talking size, but density. Nearly half of all women over age 40 who get mammograms are found to have dense breasts, which means there is a lot of fibrous or glandular tissue and not much fat in the breasts. Glandular tissue produces breast milk, while fibrous…
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Access, Access to health care, Affordability, Affordable care act, Health care, Health insurance, Keep the care, Preventive health
7 things President-Elect Biden Can Achieve on Health Care
Read More: 7 things President-Elect Biden Can Achieve on Health CareBy Simon F. Haeder, Penn State President-elect Joe Biden has plenty of work ahead of him; reining in the out-of-control pandemic tops the list, and beyond that, there are significant challenges on health care in general. Unquestionably, the incoming administration also faces limitations. Twelve years ago, Barack Obama had a filibuster-proof majority in the U.S.…
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Poor and Minority Children With Food Allergies Overlooked and in Danger
Read More: Poor and Minority Children With Food Allergies Overlooked and in DangerBy Sandy West, Kaiser Health News As Emily Brown stood in a food pantry looking at her options, she felt alone. Up to that point, she had never struggled financially. But there she was, desperate to find safe food for her young daughter with food allergies. What she found was a jar of salsa and…
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Why Scientists and Public Health Officials Need to Address Vaccine Mistrust Instead of Dismissing It
Read More: Why Scientists and Public Health Officials Need to Address Vaccine Mistrust Instead of Dismissing ItBy Sterling M. McPherson, Washington State University; Erica Weintraub Austin, Washington State University, and Porismita Borah, Washington State University Recent polls indicate that more than a third of the country has concerns about a vaccine that in all likelihood will be the only reliable way to end to the COVID-19 pandemic. These results reflect a…
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Osteoporosis Isn’t a Given
Read More: Osteoporosis Isn’t a GivenOctober 20 is World Osteoporosis Day When Sherry Morse fell off a horse in 2015, she broke a lot of bones and suffered a “hanging shoulder injury,” typically the result of a high-speed car accident. An orthopedist said he might expect that level of severity if someone fell out of an airplane. “I came off…
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Access, Access to health care, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Health disparities, Health insurance, Policy, Prevention, Preventive health
Black Doctors Work to Make Coronavirus Testing More Equitable
Read More: Black Doctors Work to Make Coronavirus Testing More EquitableBy Nina Feldman, WHYY, Kaiser Health News When the coronavirus arrived in Philadelphia in March, Dr. Ala Stanford hunkered down at home with her husband and kids. A pediatric surgeon with a private practice, she has staff privileges at a few suburban Philadelphia hospitals. For weeks, most of her usual procedures and patient visits were…
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Fibroids, Heavy uterine bleeding, Hysterectomy, Iron deficiency anemia, Menstrual period, Pelvic health, Pelvic pain, Period, Prevention, Preventive health, Real women real stories
My Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Led to Iron-Deficiency Anemia and Disrupted My Career, but I Took My Life Back
Read More: My Heavy Menstrual Bleeding Led to Iron-Deficiency Anemia and Disrupted My Career, but I Took My Life BackI always knew I had a family history of fibroids and heavy menstrual bleeding. My grandmother and aunt both needed hysterectomies in their mid-30s, and my mother had one at age 40. But because I didn’t experience symptoms as early as my family members, I thought I’d escaped the odds. My heavy bleeding started when…
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Breast cancer, Breast cancer policy, Breast cancer survivor, Breast health, Health disparities, Prevention, Preventive health
The Breast Cancer Burden for Black Women
Read More: The Breast Cancer Burden for Black WomenTwelve years ago, Maiya Hayes discovered a suspicious mass in her breast during a self-exam. She quickly made an appointment with her gynecologist, who helped schedule the tests that revealed she had stage 3 breast cancer. Her oncologist told her that the aggressive nature of her breast cancer, which had spread to the lymph nodes…
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Breast cancer, Breast cancer policy, Breast cancer survivor, Breast health, Prevention, Preventive health
Do You Have Dense Breasts? Knowing Your Status Could Make a Difference in Your Breast Cancer Screening
Read More: Do You Have Dense Breasts? Knowing Your Status Could Make a Difference in Your Breast Cancer ScreeningAn annual mammogram is an important tool for early detection of breast cancer. When you receive your mammogram results, you might also get a report informing you that you have dense breast tissue. It’s important to pay attention to that status, as women with dense breast tissue are more likely to be diagnosed with breast…
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Adolescent, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Parenting, Prevention, Preventive health, Teen, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Your Child’s Vaccines: What You Need to Know About Catching Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Read More: Your Child’s Vaccines: What You Need to Know About Catching Up During the COVID-19 PandemicBy Irène Mathieu, University of Virginia This spring, after stay-at-home orders were announced and schools shut down across the nation, many families stopped going to their pediatrician. As a result, kids have fallen behind on important childhood vaccinations. Vaccination rates declined starkly after mid-March, with up to 60% reductions in some areas of the country.…
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Corralling the Facts on Herd Immunity
Read More: Corralling the Facts on Herd ImmunityBy Aneri Pattani, Kaiser Health News For a term that’s at least 100 years old, “herd immunity” has gained new life in 2020. It starred in many headlines last month, when reports surfaced that a member of the White House Coronavirus Task Force and adviser to the president, Dr. Scott Atlas, recommended it as a…
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Breast cancer, Breast health, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Flu shot, Medical tests, Prevention, Preventive health, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Rita Wilson Is on a Mission
Read More: Rita Wilson Is on a MissionRita Wilson never expected to get COVID-19. When the actress, producer, singer/songwriter — and breast cancer survivor — and her husband, Tom Hanks, flew to Australia last winter, she says she took every precaution. Nonetheless, Wilson (63) and Hanks (64) contracted the virus soon after arriving and went public with the news on social media…
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If Obamacare Goes Away, Here Are Eight Ways Your Life Will be Affected
Read More: If Obamacare Goes Away, Here Are Eight Ways Your Life Will be AffectedBy Simon F. Haeder, Pennsylvania State University More than 10 years after its passage, the Affordable Care Act once more hangs in the balance. There have been plenty of near misses before, including previous Supreme Court appearances and Congressional votes. Yet in the wake of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death, this time around Republicans may…
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Good Nutrition Can Contribute to Keeping Covid-19 and Other Diseases Away
Read More: Good Nutrition Can Contribute to Keeping Covid-19 and Other Diseases AwayBy Grayson Jaggers, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences The connection between the pandemic and our dietary habits is undeniable. The stress of isolation coupled with a struggling economy has caused many of us to seek comfort with our old friends: Big Mac, Tom Collins, Ben and Jerry. But…
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The Death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Puts the Affordable Care Act in Danger
Read More: The Death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Puts the Affordable Care Act in DangerWith the recent death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the fate of health insurance coverage for millions of Americans — already hanging in the balance — is under even greater threat. On June 25, 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic was spreading across the U.S., the Trump Administration filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court…
