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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, Donโt Worry About the Numbers
Read More: When Your Chance for a Covid Shot Comes, Donโt 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 โ Joining the Front Lines of the Covid-19 Fight
Read More: Your Corner Pharmacy โ 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 Miamiโs Little Havana to Build Trust in Testing, Vaccination
Read More: Door to Door in Miamiโs 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
Donโt Put Off Your Screening and Vaccination for Cervical Cancer
Read More: Donโt 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 โ and I have a survey we took to prove it. 2021 is…
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5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After Youโre Vaccinated
Read More: 5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After Youโre 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 โ even before President-elect Joe Biden. Yet South said she’s in no rush to throw away her face mask. โI 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 Canโt Wait to Get the COVID-19 Vaccine
Read More: I Was a Polio Pioneer, and I Canโt 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 โ 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 โ but It Can Take Time We Donโt Have During a Pandemic
Read More: Seat Belts and Smoking Rates Show People Eventually Adopt Healthy Behaviors โ but It Can Take Time We Donโt Have During a PandemicBy Randy P. Juhl, University of Pittsburgh Why do we do things that are bad for us โ or not do things that are good for us โ 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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Whatโs Not Being Said About Why African Americans Need to Take the Covid-19 Vaccine
Read More: Whatโs 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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Will Going Out in the Cold Give You a Cold?
Read More: Will Going Out in the Cold Give You a Cold?By Libby Richards, Purdue University Many of us have heard: “Don’t go outside without a coat; you’ll catch a cold.” That’s not exactly true. As with many things, the reality is more complicated. Here’s the distinction: Being cold isn’t why you get a cold. But it is true that cold weather makes it easier to…
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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 โ How a Small Clinic in Indiana Found Ways to Overcome That
Read More: Latinos Are Especially Reluctant to Get Flu Shots โ 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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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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Why the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Now a Global Game Changer
Read More: Why the Oxford AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Now a Global Game ChangerBy Michael Head, University of Southampton In the long dark tunnel that has been 2020, November stands out as the month that light appeared. Some might see it as a bright light, others as a faint light – but it is unmistakably a light. On November 9, Pfizer announced the interim results of its candidate…
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Some Promising News About a COVID-19 Vaccine
Read More: Some Promising News About a COVID-19 VaccineWe’re excited to share some promising news about a COVID-19 vaccine this morning. Pfizer’s vaccine has been shown to be 95% effective against COVID-19 beginning 28 days after the first dose. The news puts us one step closer to defeating the pandemic that has affected us all so greatly. From the Pfizer press release: “The…
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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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Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Approval Process Should Be Driven by Science, Not Politics
Read More: Why the COVID-19 Vaccine Approval Process Should Be Driven by Science, Not PoliticsBefore a vaccine for measles was developed, I nearly died as a youngster from the disease. That personal experience, along with over 30 years working in women’s health, leads me to believe that vaccines are generally overwhelmingly safe and effective, saving millions of lives around the world every year. Yet, according to a recent survey…
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Adolescent, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Parenting, Prevention, Preventive health, Teen, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Your Childโs Vaccines: What You Need to Know About Catching Up During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Read More: Your Childโs 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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Lessons From How the Polio Vaccine Went From the Lab to the Public That Americans Can Learn From Today
Read More: Lessons From How the Polio Vaccine Went From the Lab to the Public That Americans Can Learn From TodayBy Carl Kurlander, University of Pittsburgh and Randy P. Juhl, University of Pittsburgh In 1955, after a field trial involving 1.8 million Americans, the world’s first successful polio vaccine was declared “safe, effective, and potent.” It was arguably the most significant biomedical advance of the past century. Despite the polio vaccine’s long-term success, manufacturers, government…
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COVID + Influenza: This Is a Good Year to Get a Flu Shot, Experts Advise
Read More: COVID + Influenza: This Is a Good Year to Get a Flu Shot, Experts AdviseBy Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News and Michelle Andrews Flu season will look different this year, as the country grapples with a coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 172,000 people. Many Americans are reluctant to visit a doctor’s office and public health officials worry people will shy away from being immunized. Although sometimes incorrectly…
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Hereโs Why You Shouldnโt Skip Your Immunizations
Read More: Hereโs Why You Shouldnโt Skip Your ImmunizationsMy teenage son recently went to his back-to-school wellness visit and came home with a sore arm. It turned out he needed two meningococcal vaccines. If my son hadn’t gone for that wellness visit, it never would have occurred to me to make an appointment for the vaccinations. The COVID-19 pandemic has upended just about…
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Vaccines During and After Pregnancy
Read More: Vaccines During and After PregnancyProtect mom and baby with vaccines Did you know a baby gets disease immunity (protection) from mom during pregnancy? This immunity can protect baby from some diseases during the first few months of life, but immunity decreases over time. Get a whooping cough vaccine and a flu shot during each pregnancy Moms, get a whooping…
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Vaccines Before Pregnancy
Read More: Vaccines Before PregnancyFind your vaccination record It’s important to keep an accurate record of your vaccinations. Sharing this information with your pre-conception and prenatal healthcare professionals will help determine which vaccines you’ll need before and during pregnancy. If you or your healthcare professionals do not have a current record of your vaccinations, you can: Ask your parents…
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9 Reasons You Can Be Optimistic That a Vaccine for COVID-19 Will Be Widely Available in 2021
Read More: 9 Reasons You Can Be Optimistic That a Vaccine for COVID-19 Will Be Widely Available in 2021By William Petri, University of Virginia As fall approaches rapidly, many are wondering if the race for a vaccine will bear fruit as early as January 2021. I am a physician-scientist and infectious diseases specialist at the University of Virginia, where I care for patients and conduct research into COVID-19. I am occasionally asked how…
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Trust, Fear and Solidarity Will Determine the Success of a COVID Vaccine
Read More: Trust, Fear and Solidarity Will Determine the Success of a COVID VaccineBy Arthur Allen, Kaiser Health News Thousands of letters stuffed with money flooded Jonas Salk’s mailbox the week after his polio vaccine was declared safe and effective in 1955. Everybody wanted his vaccine. Desperate parents clogged doctors’ phone lines in search of the precious elixir; drug companies and doctors diverted doses to the rich and…
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Vaccines for Family and Caregivers
Read More: Vaccines for Family and CaregiversWho can help prevent the spread of disease to babies by getting vaccinated? Parents Siblings Grandparents Babysitters and nannies And other caregivers Newborns do not yet have fully developed immune systems, making them particularly vulnerable to infections. Because of this, anyone who is around babies should be up to date on all routine vaccines, including:…
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Get the Whooping Cough Vaccine During Each Pregnancy
Read More: Get the Whooping Cough Vaccine During Each PregnancyWhooping cough is a serious disease that can be deadly for babies. Unfortunately, babies do not start building their own protection against whooping cough until they begin vaccinations at two months old. Avoid this gap in protection by getting the Tdap vaccine during the third trimester of your pregnancy. By doing so, you pass high…
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Vaccines & Pregnancy: Top 7 Things You Need to Know
Read More: Vaccines & Pregnancy: Top 7 Things You Need to Know1. You aren’t just protecting yourself—vaccines during pregnancy give your baby some early protection too! Did you know a baby gets disease immunity (protection) from mom during pregnancy? Getting the flu shot and Tdap vaccine while you’re pregnant causes your body to create protective antibodies (proteins produced by the body to fight off diseases) and…
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The Importance of the Tdap Vaccine During Every Pregnancy
Read More: The Importance of the Tdap Vaccine During Every PregnancyPregnancy is an exciting—and sometimes stressful—time. Questions may fill your mind about how to protect your baby once he or she is born. Remember that many crucial steps in protecting your baby’s health need to take place during your pregnancy, like taking your prenatal vitamins, eating healthy and making sure you get necessary vaccines, like…
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America’s Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine
Read More: America’s Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID VaccineBy Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News For a world crippled by the coronavirus, salvation hinges on a vaccine. But in the United States, where at least 4.6 million people have been infected and nearly 155,000 have died, the promise of that vaccine is hampered by a vexing epidemic that long preceded COVID-19: obesity. Scientists know…
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Ceo blog, Diabetes, Health care professionals, healthy aging, Type 1 diabetes, Type 2 diabetes, Vaccinations, Vaccines
Staying Healthy: Vaccines for Women Living with Diabetes
Read More: Staying Healthy: Vaccines for Women Living with DiabetesAs we age, so do our immune systems, making it increasingly hard for them to fight off infections. People living with diabetes have the added challenge of working to control blood sugar levels while trying to stay healthy. And staying healthy is essential these days not only for ourselves, but also for our loved ones…
