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Vaccine Uptake Strategies & Ethical Considerations- Part II

Integrated Care News by CFHA

Vaccine hesitancy is the delay in accepting or refusing vaccination despite the availability of vaccination services. It falls on a spectrum of vaccine attitudes and intentions, from those who recognize the importance of vaccines and accept all vaccines on one end of the spectrum to those who refuse all vaccines.

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In Search for the Antivax Vaccine: Strategical & Ethical Considerations

Integrated Care News by CFHA

They can jeopardize not only our well-being but also that of others, as is the case with the alarming rise of vaccine hesitancy, which the World Health Organization declared a top global health threat in 2019—a stark reminder of the societal impact of false beliefs. Trust and truth go hand in hand.

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RFK Jr. Removes Entire CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel

Physician's Weekly

vaccine recommendations. He said the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, has been “plagued with persistent conflicts of interest” and called it a “rubber stamp” for new vaccines. Cassidy, who is a physician and leads the Senate health committee, had expressed concerns about Kennedy’s views on vaccines.

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Should we prioritize the unvaccincated for treatment? Govind Persad and Emily Largent

GeriPal

They argue that the current guidelines, which prioritize immunocompromised people and unvaccinated older people on the same level, should be re-done to prioritize the immunocompromised first, and additionally move up older vaccinated individuals or vaccinated persons with comorbidities. Evusheld is the latest case in point. .

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Key Bills in the 2025 Legislative Session AAFP is Watching Closely

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

HB 2 – Vaccine Consent What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep. Under current law, minors aged 14 or older are permitted to consent to vaccines (excluding the Covid Vaccine) for themselves without parental consent. Here’s a brief overview of the key pieces of legislation that AAFP is diligently monitoring.

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Episode 236: ARM Episode 16 – Live from SGIM: Best of Antiracism Research at the Society of General Internal Medicine’s 2022 Annual Meeting

The Clinical Problem Solvers

Episode 6: Racism, Trustworthiness, and the COVID-19 Vaccine.” Episode 9: Moving Towards Antiracism in Medical Education.” Although they began with a large focus on police brutality as a whole, they realized that the presence of police within the hospital had not been sufficiently examined. December 17, 2020. February 23, 2021.

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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

Emergency education, someone called it, and that makes so much more sense. Driving into my workplace with tears in my eyes because the sun is shining, there are helpful happy guards outside directing hopeful happy older people and their helpful happy relatives inside to get their first shot of the vaccine. It's just the same.