Medical Treatments

EMA Says Benefits Outweigh The Clots Potentially Linked To Johnson & Johnson Vaccine

8:43pm April 20, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

The European Medicines Agency concluded there is a possible link between the Johnson & Johnson vaccine and rare, unusual blood clots, saying the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the very rare risks.

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Philadelphia's Imbalanced Vaccination Rates Fueled By Lack Of Access

4:14pm April 19, 2021

by Nina Feldman

Vaccination rates for Black and Latino people in Philadelphia are half those of their white and Asian counterparts. It appears lack of access is more to blame than hesitancy to get vaccinated.

As a doctor, I was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in December, but I also was pregnant, and there wasn't yet much data then to inform my decision. What I needed was a different kind of information.

OPINION: Doctors Should Be More Candid With Their Patients

2:39pm April 18, 2021

by Mara Gordon

As a doctor, I was eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine in December, but I also was pregnant, and there wasn't yet much data to inform my decision. What I needed was a different kind of information.

Convincing Amish Communities To Get Vaccinated As Their COVID-19 Cases Surge

4:27pm April 16, 2021

by Anna Huntsman

Those with ties to the Amish are figuring out the best ways to educate and encourage them to get the shot, as COVID-19 cases surge in their communities.

The Ramifications Of The Johnson & Johnson Vaccination Halt Are Global

4:23pm April 16, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to temporarily halt the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is having ramifications globally.

What The Johnson & Johnson Pause May Mean For Vaccine Equity

4:23pm April 16, 2021

Which communities could suffer most from the Johnson & Johnson vaccination pause? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Dr. Paul Adamson, an infectious diseases fellow at David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.

Lab assistant Tammy Brown dons personal protective equipment in a lab at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore. She works on preparing positive coronavirus tests for sequencing to discern variants rapidly spreading throughout the coun

Biden Administration To Spend $1.7 Billion To Track Spread Of Coronavirus Variants

1:29pm April 16, 2021

With a more contagious variant now dominant in the U.S., the country's genomic surveillance capacity is getting a major boost.

Health & Safety

Antibody Drugs For COVID-19 Are A Cumbersome Tool Against Surges

10:56am April 16, 2021

by Richard Harris

Drugs that can help keep COVID-19 patients out of the hospital are playing only a small role in Michigan, where the pandemic is accelerating. Logistical challenges are to blame.

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Hartsville, Tenn., resident Rick Bradley, 62, received his first COVID-19 vaccine dose in late March at a local Walgreens, saying, "This is not a summer cold or a conspiracy." He says some neighbors have become so used to COVID-19 that getting vaccinated

Health & Safety

'It's Not A Never Thing' — White, Rural Southerners Hesitant To Get COVID Vaccine

6:31pm April 15, 2021

by Blake Farmer

A majority of white, rural conservatives in Tennessee are open to getting the vaccine at some point, but at least 45% won't consider it. Rates in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi are also lagging.

'Monoclonal Antibodies' Can Keep Coronavirus In Check, But Won't Stem Michigan Surge

5:06pm April 15, 2021

by Richard Harris

Drugs that can help keep COVID-19 patients out of the hospital are playing only a small role in Michigan, where the pandemic is accelerating. Logistical challenges are to blame.

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