Covid-19 Vaccines: Moderna vs. Pfizer What Docs Need You to Know Tina Donvito
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Moderna vs. Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine: Which is better?
The short answer is neither. In December, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released the news the country had been waiting for: The new Covid-19 vaccine, developed by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, had been approved. A week later, a second vaccine from Moderna was also approved. And now that the vaccine roll-out has begun (albeit slowly), you might be wondering which Covid vaccine is better.
Should you hold off on one vaccine in order to wait for the other? Absolutely not, says Reynold Panettieri, MD, a professor at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School and director of the Rutgers Institute for Translational Medicine and Science in New Brunswick, New Jersey. No difference has been shown.
CentraState Healthcare System Partners with Noteworth to Deliver Telemedicine Services and Extend Care Management Capabilities
Virtual care platform successfully expands access to care and improves internal workflows
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Noteworth, a first-of-its-kind virtual care delivery platform, today announced its partnership with CentraState Healthcare System to extend the continuity of care for patients in the community. CentraState recently implemented Noteworth to launch multiple programs to expand their care delivery, including telehealth and remote prevention and care management capabilities for diabetes and hypertension. Having worked with various vendors for over 20 years, Noteworth is at the top of my list. Not only are their products aiding our patients, the process improvements have allowed our staff to see more patients in the same number of hours, Brian Dusheck, Director, Ambulatory Applications at
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COVID-19 mortality racial disparities in the U.S. are associated with social factors like income, education and internet access, according to a Rutgers study.
The study, published in the
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, highlights the need for public health policies that address structural racism.
The researchers investigated the association between COVID-19 cases and deaths in 2,026 U.S. counties from January to October 2020 and social determinants of health, which can raise the risk for infection and death.
They also looked at factors known or thought to impact COVID-19 outcomes, including the counties population density, days since the first COVID-19 death and percent of residents who are over age 65, are smokers or who have chronic diseases such as obesity, diabetes, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or high blood pressure.
If You Have Type 2 Diabetes, Intermittent Fasting May Improve Insulin Sensitivity Korin Miller
It’s no secret that intermittent fasting is the weight-loss method du jour. Instagram is packed with people who swear intermittent fasting (IF) helped them lose weight, feel more energized, and have better overall health.
But with all of the info out there about intermittent fasting, it’s easy to gloss over the fact that IF has actually been a used as a medical intervention for years. It’s helped people with a range of health conditions, including diabetes >P.
In fact, the American Diabetes Association (ADA), which is considered the leading educational organization for diabetes in the country, published this in its journal
School Report Card: CDC suggests in-person school is OK with proper health protocols; Okla. schools fine students who show up maskless Korin Miller
Students are headed back to class amid the coronavirus pandemic, and to keep you posted on what’s unfolding throughout U.S. schools K-12 as well as colleges Yahoo Life is running a weekly wrap-up featuring news bites, interviews and updates on the ever-unfolding situation.
The CDC says schools can have in-person learning with ‘limited spread’ of COVID-19
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released new research that it says suggests in-person learning is relatively safe during the pandemic.