Several Maryland and Virginia jurisdictions and D.C. will start vaccinating children 12 and up for COVID-19, as federal agencies approve the use of a coronavirus vaccine on younger kids. Here’s what you need to know.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration earlier this week cleared the use of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine on children 12 to 15 years old, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed suit Wednesday, releasing its recommendations for the use of the COVID-19 vaccine on that age group.
In addition to publicly-run clinics, children can be scheduled for coronavirus vaccination appointments at most major pharmacy and supermarket chains including CVS and Walgreens.
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Uninformed Consent: The History of Healthcare for Black Americans
More reasons besides the Tuskegee experiment why black people are wary of the vaccine.
As soon as I am eligible to take the vaccine for COVID-19, I plan to. I am of an age and have previous conditions that will make me choose the vaccine risks over the risks of becoming infected with the coronavirus. I also care enough about others in my life to do all I can to not risk their health by my refusing to get a shot. That being said, there are plenty of reasons for Black people to be wary of being given any of the vaccines based on how Black patients have been treated historically in America. Many of us are aware of the Tuskegee Experiment, where syphilis patients were given no medication and monitored, even
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Hospitals in the Washington, D.C., area got generally lackluster ratings for quality and safety of health care in the latest reviews by federal and independent groups. Two well-known D.C. hospitals got one star, the lowest ranking, in a federal survey, while a nonprofit rater gave another D.C. hospital a flunking grade of F.
The reviewers, due to the coronavirus, suspended their 2020 ratings, so the new measurements were the first in many months and they showed, to a degree, how institutions held up during the pandemic. The rankings also underscored the urgency of local officials’ announced plans to revamp hospital care, including helping to fund two new facilities.
Dr. Mitchell is currently a third-year Maternal-Fetal Medicine (MFM) fellow at the University of Virginia. She received her bachelor’s degree from Fisk University in 2004, where she majored in biology pre-medicine. After completing her undergraduate degree, she obtained a Master of Science in Clinical Nutrition from Case Western Reserve University in 2006. As a clinical dietitian for the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, she utilized her expertise in co-managing patients with renal disease, diabetes, and hypertension for two years. She then went on to complete medical school at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2013. Her desire to serve a medically underserved and disparate population led her to complete an obstetrics and gynecology residency at Howard University Hospital in 2018. Over the years, Dr. Mitchell has utilized her background in clinical nutrition to assist in the management of many metabolic disease process in pregnancy. She has performed various resear