Vaccine Attitudes and Uptake Among Latino Residents of a Former COVID-19 Hotspot
This study uses spatial, survey, and qualitative data to understand attitudes towards vaccine uptake among PWC Latinos. A quantitative analysis (n=266) estimates the association for vaccine acceptance among Latinos. Next, qualitative interviews with Latinos (n=37) examine vaccine attitudes. Finally, a spatial analysis identifies clusters of social vulnerability and low vaccine uptake in PWC and adjacent counties. Our findings show that a substantial proportion of PWC Latinos had low vaccination rates as of December 2022, two years after the vaccine's release. Side effects and safety and approval concerns were cited in both...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carol Cleaveland Taylor Anderson Kimberly McNally Amira A Roess Source Type: research
Historical Lessons on Vaccine Hesitancy: Smallpox, Polio, and Measles, and Implications for COVID-19
This study examines the history of US vaccination efforts against smallpox, polio, and measles, highlighting persistent drivers of vaccine hesitancy as well as factors that helped overcome it. The research reveals that logistical barriers, negative portrayals in the media, and fears about safety stymied inoculation efforts as early as the 18th century and continue to do so. However, vaccine hesitancy has been markedly diminished when trusted community leaders have guided efforts, when ordinary citizens have felt personally invested in the success of the vaccine, and when vaccination efforts have been tied to broader projec...
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: J J Eddy H A Smith J E Abrams Source Type: research
Herd Immunity: History, Concepts, and Ethical Rationale
This article provides a conceptual framework tailored to uncover the ethical rationale behind such strategies. Clarity on this issue is important in order to facilitate the terms of the political debate when tackling future health emergencies.PMID:38662008 | DOI:10.1353/pbm.2023.0003 (Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine)
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Davide Vecchi Giorgio Airoldi Source Type: research
On Antiscience and Antisemitism
This article provides both historical and recent perspectives on the links between antiscience and antisemitism, together with the author's personal experience as a Jewish vaccine scientist targeted by both dark forces. New approaches to uncoupling antisemitism from antiscience, while combating both, are essential for saving lives and preserving democratic values.PMID:38661936 | DOI:10.1353/pbm.2023.a902035 (Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine)
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Peter Hotez Source Type: research
Physical Activity at Different Life Stages and Its Consequence on the Initial Immunization and Inflammatory Response Against COVID-19
CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that adults that accumulated at least 150 minutes of MVPA per week or practiced PA during adolescence developed an improved immune and inflammatory response against COVID-19 vaccination.PMID:38663845 | DOI:10.1123/jpah.2023-0370 (Source: Journal of Physical Activity and Health)
Source: Journal of Physical Activity and Health - April 25, 2024 Category: Sports Medicine Authors: Priscila Almeida Queiroz Rossi Regis Gomes Teresa Cristina do Nascimento Salazar Esmeralda Maria Lustosa Barros Silvia Vasconcelos Adalberto Socorro da Silva Ester Miranda Pereira Vitoria Braga Melo Marcela Helena Gambin Fonseca Clarissa Romero Teixeira G Source Type: research
Vaccine Attitudes and Uptake Among Latino Residents of a Former COVID-19 Hotspot
This study uses spatial, survey, and qualitative data to understand attitudes towards vaccine uptake among PWC Latinos. A quantitative analysis (n=266) estimates the association for vaccine acceptance among Latinos. Next, qualitative interviews with Latinos (n=37) examine vaccine attitudes. Finally, a spatial analysis identifies clusters of social vulnerability and low vaccine uptake in PWC and adjacent counties. Our findings show that a substantial proportion of PWC Latinos had low vaccination rates as of December 2022, two years after the vaccine's release. Side effects and safety and approval concerns were cited in both...
Source: Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Carol Cleaveland Taylor Anderson Kimberly McNally Amira A Roess Source Type: research
Historical Lessons on Vaccine Hesitancy: Smallpox, Polio, and Measles, and Implications for COVID-19
This study examines the history of US vaccination efforts against smallpox, polio, and measles, highlighting persistent drivers of vaccine hesitancy as well as factors that helped overcome it. The research reveals that logistical barriers, negative portrayals in the media, and fears about safety stymied inoculation efforts as early as the 18th century and continue to do so. However, vaccine hesitancy has been markedly diminished when trusted community leaders have guided efforts, when ordinary citizens have felt personally invested in the success of the vaccine, and when vaccination efforts have been tied to broader projec...
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: J J Eddy H A Smith J E Abrams Source Type: research
Herd Immunity: History, Concepts, and Ethical Rationale
This article provides a conceptual framework tailored to uncover the ethical rationale behind such strategies. Clarity on this issue is important in order to facilitate the terms of the political debate when tackling future health emergencies.PMID:38662008 | DOI:10.1353/pbm.2023.0003 (Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine)
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Davide Vecchi Giorgio Airoldi Source Type: research
On Antiscience and Antisemitism
This article provides both historical and recent perspectives on the links between antiscience and antisemitism, together with the author's personal experience as a Jewish vaccine scientist targeted by both dark forces. New approaches to uncoupling antisemitism from antiscience, while combating both, are essential for saving lives and preserving democratic values.PMID:38661936 | DOI:10.1353/pbm.2023.a902035 (Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine)
Source: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine - April 25, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Peter Hotez Source Type: research
COVID-19 clinical trial participation and awareness in Texas
Volume 20, Issue 1, December 2024 . (Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics)
Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics - April 25, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Justin M. LuninghamIdara N. AkpanSarah AlkhatibTanjila TaskinPalak DesaiJamboor K. VishwanathaErika L. Thompsona Department of Population & Community Health, School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Wor Source Type: research
Modeling outbreaks of COVID-19 in China: The impact of vaccination and other control measures on curbing the epidemic
Volume 20, Issue 1, December 2024 . (Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics)
Source: Human Vaccines and Immunotherapeutics - April 25, 2024 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Wenting ZhaHan NiYuxi HeWentao KuangJin ZhaoLiuyi FuHaoyun DaiYuan LvNan ZhouXuewen Yanga Key Laboratory of Molecular Epidemiology of Hunan Province, School of Medicine, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, Hunan, People ’s Republic of Chinab Changsha Cen Source Type: research
Modelling COVID-19 Vaccination in the UK: Impact of the Autumn 2022 and Spring 2023 Booster Campaigns
ConclusionOur modelling demonstrates that the autumn 2022/spring 2023 booster campaign reduced COVID-19-associated morbidity and mortality. Booster campaigns with alternative eligibility criteria warrant consideration in the UK, given their potential to further reduce morbidity and mortality as future variants emerge. (Source: Infectious Diseases and Therapy)
Source: Infectious Diseases and Therapy - April 25, 2024 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: research
Computational model of engagement with stigmatised sentiment: COVID and general vaccine discourse on social media
AbstractThe growth rate of new social media users continues to surpass new Internet users and new unique mobile phone subscribers and this trend remains consistent over the past 5 years (2019 –2023). The most frequently visited types of websites or apps worldwide are chat and messaging, closely followed by social networks and this trend has also remained relatively constant. The dominating role of social media, especially as a source for information seeking, is staggering, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the research in Keller et al. (J Mec Internet Res 16:e8, 2014) indicates that not many experts co...
Source: Network Modeling Analysis in Health Informatics and Bioinformatics - April 25, 2024 Category: Bioinformatics Source Type: research
Trust in public health policy in the time of the COVID-19 epidemic in Israel
AbstractThe government of Israel provides universal health care through four health care organizations ( “sick funds”) that enjoy general public trust. In hindsight, the response of the government to the COVID-19 epidemic seems reasonable. In the first year of the epidemic, tests and vaccines were developed and other measures were taken, including social distancing, focusing on risk factors for inf ection and disease severity, and improving treatment. The COVID-19 mortality rate between January 2000 and June 2021 was around 750 per million inhabitants, well below the OECD average of 1300. Still, although the control me...
Source: Israel Journal of Health Policy Research - April 25, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: research
Genetic variant rs1205 is associated with COVID-19 outcomes: The Strong Heart Study and Strong Heart Family Study
ConclusionA T-dominant genotype of rs1205 in theCRP gene is associated with COVID-19 death or hospitalization, even after adjustment for relevant clinical factors and potential participant relatedness. Additional study of other populations and genetic variants of this gene are warranted. (Source: PLoS One)
Source: PLoS One - April 25, 2024 Category: Biomedical Science Authors: Lyle G. Best Source Type: research
