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Battles being waged to overcome vaccine hesitancy Battles being waged to overcome vaccine hesitancy
First-year medical student Melissa Blake takes the blood pressure of a customer at Urgent Cutz barbershop in Liberty City as part of the Shop Docs program.
Photo: Robert C. Jones Jr./University of Miami
By Robert C. Jones Jr.
04-30-2021
First-year medical student Melissa Blake takes the blood pressure of a customer at Urgent Cutz barbershop in Liberty City as part of the Shop Docs program.
Photo: Robert C. Jones Jr./University of Miami Battles being waged to overcome vaccine hesitancy By Robert C. Jones Jr.
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April 13, 2021
HERSHEY, Pa. People who trust television and Facebook to provide them with accurate news about the coronavirus pandemic are less knowledgeable about COVID-19, according to a new study, which assessed people’s knowledge of the virus in the earliest stages of the pandemic.
The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Current Medical Research & Opinion, surveyed 5,948 adults in Pennsylvania between March 25-31, 2020, and found that those who relied on social media and TV for news were less likely to get the facts right about the coronavirus.
In fact, adults that used Facebook as an additional source of news in any way were less likely to answer COVID-19 questions correctly than those who did not.
UCLA RESEARCH BRIEF
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Under the Affordable Care Act, the secretary of health and human services is authorized to prohibit payment for services given a “D” rating by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, the researchers say. Enrique Rivero |
FINDINGS
A UCLA-led study shows that physicians frequently order preventive medical services for adult Medicare beneficiaries that are considered unnecessary and of “low value” by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force at a cost of $478 million per year.
The researchers analyzed national survey data over a 10-year period, looking specifically at seven preventive services given a “D” rating by the task force, and discovered that these services were ordered more than 31 million times annually.
Biologics Clinical Research: The Year s Best
Harry Selker, M.D. sits down with BioProcess Online for a candid discussion on the Clinical Research Forum’s work, its recognition of advances in clinical and translational research, and why that’s such an important structural element in the bridge between academia and industry.
As distinguished careers go, that of Harry Selker, M.D. is one virtually any academia-minded med student might aspire to. Currently Dean of Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) and Chair of the Clinical Research Forum, Dr. Selker’s 35-year run at Tufts started when he came to Tufts Medical Center after completing his training. He earned his M.D. at Brown University, did his residency at Boston City Hospital and was Chief Medical Resident at Boston University Medical Center/University Hospital, and then was a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholarship at UCLA School of Medicine. Soon after joining Tufts, his roles their blossomed into Div