Why COVID-19 vaccine demand is slowing: Q&A with Dr. Greg Poland There are risks and benefits either way you go, says vaccinologist. Making a decision to not get a vaccine is infinitely riskier. 10:30 am, May 1, 2021 ×
Dr. Greg Poland, a Mayo Clinic physician and vaccinologist as well as director of the clinic s Vaccine Research Group and editor-in-chief of the medical journal Vaccine. (Mayo Clinic photo)
ROCHESTER, Minn. Since the introduction of the first vaccine, there has been opposition to vaccination, Mayo Clinic vaccinologist Dr. Gregory Poland wrote in a 2011 paper in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Poland, director of the Mayo Clinic vaccine research group, says opposition greeted the first smallpox vaccine in the 19th century, subsided as the public witnessed the 20th century taming of measles mumps, polio pertussis and rubella, and then re-emerged as the memory of those diseases fell away.
Mayo sheds light on skin cancer awareness
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MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Today marks the start of Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato is highlighting the risks and signs of the illness.
The Skin Cancer Foundation says more than 5 million cases are diagnosed in the U.S. each year, making it the most common form of cancer in the U.S.
Though many associate sunshine with summer months, sun exposure happens year-round. Factors such as fair skin, a history of severe sunburn, and having more than 50 moles on your body can make you more susceptible to the cancer.
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