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Removing vaccine advisers could jeopardize lives

KevinMD

The scenes are from the moments when Clarence shows Read more… Removing vaccine advisers could jeopardize lives originally appeared in KevinMD.com. The movie is It’s a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey along with Clarence Odbody, who played Clarence the angel.

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How the shingles vaccine could help prevent dementia

KevinMD

Later in life, if Read more… How the shingles vaccine could help prevent dementia originally appeared in KevinMD.com. Shingles is caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chickenpox. After one recovers from chickenpox, the virus remains dormant in one’s nerve cells.

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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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RFK Jr. sent Congress 'medical disinformation' to defend COVID vaccine schedule change

NPR Health

It could influence congressional perceptions of vaccine safety. A document circulated to members of Congress misinterprets studies and cites debunked research, scientists say. Image credit: Kevin Dietsch)

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RFK Jr. names new slate of vaccine advisers after purging CDC panel

NPR Health

Two days after firing vaccine experts who help set the nation's immunization policies, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has picked eight successors for the CDC panel. Image credit: Alex Wong)

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Population learning: vaccination against respiratory infections in the McGill sites of the Cohort in Primary Care (COPRI) [Acute respiratory infections]

Annals of Family Medicine

Vaccines can prevent several respiratory infections, but the uptake is variable. To improve preventive first line healthcare, we need to understand the uptake and perspective of patients on vaccines. The vast majority previously received a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 (98.8%, 95% CI: 95.2-99.7, Also, 25.9% (95%CI:19.8-33.2)

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Vaccine News You Can Use – Supplemental Resources for Family Physicians

Colorado Academy of Family Physicians

Walt Larimore has compiled even more information and resources to support family physicians like you to educate your patients and communities about the importance of vaccines. MORE VACCINE NEWS: The post Vaccine News You Can Use – Supplemental Resources for Family Physicians appeared first on Colorado Academy of Family Physicians.