Katie Kindelan, ABC News, June 1, 2021 Two new studies show Pfizer and Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines appear to be “completely safe” and effective for pregnant people, according to Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Collins wrote in …
Transplants Force Patients to Amass Vaccinations to Beat COVID
Elaine Chen, Bloomberg, June 1, 2021 For Jennifer Woda, two doses of the Moderna Inc. vaccine were not enough protection against the Covid-19 virus. Over a month later, she got a third and fourth dose, this time with the Pfizer Inc.–BioNTech SE vaccine. An …
U.S. begins study testing mix-and-match COVID vaccine booster shots
Berkeley Lovelace Jr., CNBC, June 1, 2021 The National Institutes of Health announced Tuesday it has started an early stage clinical trial looking at what happens when an adult who is fully vaccinated with one type of Covid-19 vaccine, like Pfizer’s, …
Do COVID-19 vaccine incentives work?
Marissa Sulek, WSMV, May 28, 2021 NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – This Monday marks the end of the “Shot for a Beer, Shot for a Cup” vaccination campaign Metro Nashville Public Health Department rolled out earlier this month. But do incentives …
Vanderbilt releases research examining the pandemic’s impact on teachers, students
Justina Latimer, WSMV-TV, May 21, 2021 NASHVILLE (WSMV) – The Tennessee Education Research Alliance (TERA) at Vanderbilt University released new research that examines the impact the pandemic had on both teachers and students during the Fall 2020 semester. TERA worked …