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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

has long disparaged certain vaccines, calling them unsafe and saying that the government officials who regulate them are compromised and corrupt. “Season in and season out,” Schaffner said, “it produces outbreaks of serious respiratory illness that rivals influenza.” Kennedy Jr.,

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Transgender Health, Aging, and Advocacy: A Podcast with Noelle Marie Javier and Jace Flatt

GeriPal

Just today (June 17th) as we record this podcast: Ezra Klein released a wonderful interview with Sarah McBride , the first openly transgender member of congress A judge ruled that cuts to NIH grants focused on minority groups, including transgender people, were illegal and ordered the government to restore funding. Noelle Marie 01:15 I do.

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What is Death? Winston Chiong and Sean Aas

GeriPal

Alex 28:22 That’s not in the vital talk, serious illness, communication. Winston 33:31 2013. Sean 45:09 Yeah, I mean, I think we have to solve all our social ills to solve this one in certain ways. This is not the way you break. Sean 28:29 But that’s the. Eric 33:27 Are outliers, like, most of the time.

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What We Now Know About COVID Prevention and Treatment: A Podcast with Monica Gandhi

GeriPal

Eric: All right, before we start talking about COVID in older adults and those with serious illness, do you have a song request for Alex? I’m wondering if we can start off with thinking about the prevention of COVID in older adults and those with serious illness and then potentially the management of them. Eric: I loved all that.