Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht Two months after Pfizer’s covid vaccine was authorized for children ages 5 to 11, just 27{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} have received at least one shot, according to Jan. 12 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only 18{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}, or 5 million kids, have both doses. The national effort to vaccinate children […]
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6 reasons not to get omicron right now : Shots
Keith Bishop/Getty Photos Keith Bishop/Getty Pictures Tens of millions of men and women are tests good with COVID-19 in the U.S. just about every 7 days and the Fda warns that most Individuals will get the virus at some issue. With growing evidence that the omicron variant possible brings about milder ailment, some persons may […]
Telehealth experiments & the latest digital health news from JPM
You are looking at the world-wide-web edition of STAT Wellness Tech, our guide to how tech is reworking the everyday living sciences. Sign up to get this newsletter delivered in your inbox each and every Tuesday and Thursday. Telehealth businesses take a look at the waters on risk-sharing A handful of virtual treatment corporations are inking new varieties […]
Making music, changing lives: Youth orchestras help at-risk kids
By Elizabeth Thompson Bethany Uhler Thompson didn’t know what to expect when she decided to start a youth string orchestra at Chatham Youth Development Center. She was inspired by her uncle, who was incarcerated and had confided in her how isolating being in prison could be. Thompson used to perform with her cello in a […]
NC doulas guide new parents through birth and beyond
By Elizabeth Thompson When Kira Kimble goes to the hospital to assist a client giving birth, she is charged with everything from keeping her pregnant client informed about the choices they have — whether they want to get an epidural, have a natural birth — to making sure her clients are simply being addressed by […]
Camino Health wants to know: who are NC’s Latinos?
By Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Between 1990 and 2020, North Carolina’s Latino population ballooned: from 75,000 residents to more than 1 million, an increase of nearly 1,400 percent. The community is diverse; about 61 percent were born in the U.S., while the remaining 39 percent are immigrants, about half from Mexico, and another quarter from El Salvador, […]