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By STEPHANIE DUTCHEN Are children really spared the worst effects of COVID-19? What’s the likelihood that an expectant or new mother will pass SARS-CoV-2-or antibodies that protect against it-to her fetus through the placenta or to her infant through breastfeeding? Are COVID-19 vaccines as safe and effective for children as they are for adults? What about vaccination during pregnancy or breastfeeding? Now that vaccines, along with mask wearing, physical distancing, and oth...

Share Six members of the University of Pennsylvania faculty have been elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. They are Cristina Bicchieri and Michael Hanchard of the School of Arts & Sciences, Vijay Kumar, dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science, Stanley Plotkin and Kenneth Zaret of the Perelman School of Medicine, and Sarah Tishkoff, a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor with appointments in Penn Medicine and Penn Arts & Sciences. They join more than 250 new members h...

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Why COVID-19 vaccination has become an issue for some who oppose abortion Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TIM TAI/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS A health-care worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine at South Philadelphia High School in South Philadelphia on Thursday, March 4, 2021. The school is one of six sites across the city where teachers and school personnel can receive vaccines. This week, the newly approved, one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine was cheered as ...

JENNIFER GAUTHIER/Reuters An expert panel that advises the federal government on vaccination has determined that second doses of COVID-19 vaccines can be given up to four months after the first, two sources say. The shift from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization (NACI), which previously supported extending the interval between doses to no more than six weeks, would open the door for more people to receive their first vaccination while supplies are still limited. It would also lend s...

Dr. Joycelyn Elders joins other surgeon generals to call for national vaccine day Here’s a splendid idea: Dr. Joycelyn Elders and three other former U.S. surgeon generals have called for a national vaccine day. Advertisement I’m old enough to remember the mass polio vaccinations in the 1960s. Everybody in my Lake Charles, La., neighborhood trooped down to Hamilton Elementary one weekend. We wouldn’t have thought of NOT doing it. The release: The  first letter from the majority of forme...

Modern Healthcare Illustration / Getty Images The World Health Organization greenlighted emergency use of AstraZeneca and Oxfords COVID-19 vaccine this month, following in the steps of the United Kingdom, the European Union and others, who are already injecting it as quickly as possible into the masses. But the United States is still waiting. As COVID deaths mount daily, critics say the Food and Drug Administration is moving too slowly. Meanwhile, the novel coronavirus is evolving, with new var...

The World Health Organization greenlighted emergency use of AstraZeneca and Oxford's covid-19 vaccine this month, following in the steps of the United Kingdom, the European Union and others, who are already injecting it as quickly as possible into the masses.

Vaccinating children could be key to stifling Covid, say experts Natalie Grover © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Maureen McLean/REX/Shutterstock Vaccinating children and teens could be key to stifling the pandemic, experts have said, as clinical trials begin to test Covid-19 vaccines in young people. While Covid-19 is associated with a considerably lower burden of morbidity and mortality in young people, and there is evidence that children may be less likely to acquire ...

Dear June: Seeking Guidance on COVID-19 Vaccines My work wants to make it mandatory as fast as legally possible. Concerned Hospital Worker Dear Concerned Hospital Worker, I think that understanding how some traditional ideas—moral principles and beliefs—apply to the issue of vaccine mandates will help us to bridge the gap between both sides of this very polarizing issue. The following is my best attempt to present a line of thought that I hope will help to guide your quest for understanding...