COVID-19

Fear of needles prevents some people from getting Covid-19 vaccinations. There are ways to overcome the fear

Tue, 2021-03-16 12:39 — mike kraft

Most people aren’t particularly fond of needles.

But to a significant number of people, the fear of needles goes beyond merely inducing anxiety into a more dangerous area, in which the fear prevents them from seeking out needed medical care.

And as the world’s hopes of returning to a post-pandemic normal rest largely on people’s willingness to take a Covid-19 vaccine, experts and health care professionals are assuring those people that there are ways to overcome this fear.

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Improvised vacinating effort, pharmacist goes to senior housing facilities.

Tue, 2021-03-16 11:54 — mike kraft

In a city scrambling to vaccinate people against Covid-19 as quickly as possible, Ambar Keluskar faced a problem this month that seemed to defy logic: Mr. Keluskar, a pharmacist in Brooklyn, struggled to find people to take the 200 doses he had on hand.

“They were just sitting in the freezer,” he said.

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Cherokee Nation has plenty of vaccines but finding few takers left

Tue, 2021-03-16 10:33 — mike kraft

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — As people across the United States jockey and wait to get vaccinated, a surprising problem is unfolding in the Cherokee Nation: plenty of shots, but not enough arms.

“We’re running out of people to vaccinate,” said Brian Hail, who helps oversee the tribe’s vaccination efforts. He winced as he pulled up the day’s schedule one recent morning: Vaccinations were open to basically everyone across the reservation, but 823 appointments sat unclaimed.

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The Covid-19 pandemic has been especially lethel to younger Latinos

Tue, 2021-03-16 10:19 — mike kraft

Death in the prime of life: Covid-19 proves especially lethal to younger Latinos The coronavirus has disproportionately carved a path through the nation’s Latino neighborhoods, as it has in African American, Native American and Pacific Islander communities. Even more stunning: the deadly efficiency with which the virus has targeted Latinos in their 30s and 40s. Akilah Johnson Washington Post

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Explanation of blood clots and the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine

Tue, 2021-03-16 10:03 — mike kraft

Millions of people in dozens of countries have received the AstraZeneca Covid vaccine with few reports of ill effects, and its prior testing in tens of thousands of people found it to be safe.

But recently, blood clots and abnormal bleeding in a small number of vaccine recipients in European countries have cast doubt on its safety, although no causative link has been found between the patients’ conditions and the vaccine. The reports have prompted more than a dozen countries to either partly or fully suspend the vaccine’s use while the cases are investigated. Most of the nations said they were doing so as a precaution until leading health agencies could review the cases.

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Moderna begins study of COVID-19 vaccine in young children

Tue, 2021-03-16 09:40 — mike kraft

Moderna begins study of COVID-19 vaccine in kids Moderna Inc has begun dosing patients in a mid-to-late stage study of its COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273, in children aged six months to less than 12 years, the company said on Tuesday. Reuters Staff U.S.

(Reuters) - Moderna Inc has begun dosing patients in a mid-to-late stage study of its COVID-19 vaccine, mRNA-1273, in children aged six months to less than 12 years, the company said on Tuesday.

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