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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 former US Surgeons General to President Joe Biden calls for  National Vaccine Day, a new one-time federa...

Modern Healthcare Illustration / Getty Images 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. 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 variants stalking populations the world over. "We are truly in a race and this race is real — the mo...

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 the infection, the role of children in transmission is unclear, according to the Royal College of Pa...

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. Ancient Understanding of Disease For most of human history, a belief in divine forces guided the t...