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Many Young Women Wouldn’t Get Flu, COVID Shots in Pregnancy, Poll Suggests
WEDNESDAY, April 12, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Despite the proven safety and effectiveness of COVID and flu vaccines during pregnancy,…
The Alliance for HPV Free Colorado is encouraging parents to get their…
AURORA, Colo. (KRDO) – April is marking Oral Cancer Awareness Month and the Alliance for HPV Free Colorado is encouraging…
Half of meningococcal vaccination appointments delayed or canceled during COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic took its toll on recommended pediatric vaccination rates due to several factors such as lockdown regulations and…
Flu cases are ticking up, what you need to know about influenza…
As fears of a “tripledemic” die down, health officials say they are seeing an uptick of a particular strain of…
New COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Wants Unvaccinated Children In Colorado To Join
Moderna is developing a new vaccine for young children amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers at the University of Colorado…
A new approach to a Covid-19 nasal vaccine shows early promise
Scientists in Germany say they’ve been able to make a nasal vaccine that can shut down a Covid-19 infection in…
Medical misinformation is making it harder to treat patients
Almost three in four physicians said medical misinformation hindered their ability to treat COVID-19 patients and hurt outcomes. The Morning…
Colorado doctors, advocates tackle “pervasive” health misinformation head-on
Before the pandemic, the conventional wisdom in public health was that trying to engage with misinformation was like throwing water…
Routine vaccines, extraordinary impact: Rotavirus
In the 1970s, several research groups set out to find out how many children died each year from diarrhoea-related illness….
In a sceptical era, understand this: vaccines do work – and our…
In 1959, at the age of 29, the promising England footballer Jeff Hall died of polio. His death sent shock waves across…
When it comes to preventing COVID-19 deaths, ‘how we feel about each…
The United States has the dubious distinction of suffering the highest COVID-19 mortality rate among the world’s high-income countries. But…
We Have Cutting-Edge Science to Make Vaccines, but Will Everyone Benefit?
As a physician-scientist who has spent nearly 40 years studying viruses and immunity, I can speak to the scientific advances…
My Family and the Measles Vaccine
Sixty years ago, in March 1963, the U.S. Surgeon General granted licenses to two drug companies to produce the first…
Vaccination, Paxlovid decrease risk of long Covid, studies show
People who are vaccinated or who take Paxlovid during a Covid-19 infection have a lower risk of developing long Covid,…
15,000 Coloradans have died due to COVID, a loss of historic proportions
As of March 22, 2023, 15,007 Coloradans have now died in the coronavirus pandemic. Colorado’s first COVID-19 death was an El Paso…