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Primary care's role in COVID-19 vaccination
Having visited vaccination sites, Dr. Fairchild said he has felt patients' sense of relief and gratitude. ... So we've seen our vaccination rates in our minority communities increase,” he said, adding that the vaccination sites also work to meet
April 2021
ACP Internist
There is an ongoing debate whether employers can or should mandate COVID-19 vaccinations for their employees. ... And mandating vaccinations may be complicated when workers are unionized. The right to refuse treatment is a bedrock medical ethical
June 2021
Coronavirus
vaccination effort to be ethical as well as practical.
June 2021
QD: News Every Day--Flu vaccination improves for health care workers
Early-season flu vaccination among health care provider this year was similar to coverage by mid-season 2011-12, 62.9% vs. ... Flu vaccination coverage was highest among those working in hospitals (83.4%) and lowest among those working in long-term care
June 2021
QD: News Every Day--Vaccination rates rising among health care professionals
QD: News Every Day--Vaccination rates rising among health care professionals. 72% of health care personnel reported getting the flu vaccine for the 2012–13 season, an increase from 66.9% ... Vaccination was highest among hospital-based people (83.1%)
June 2021
Celebrities, candidates irresponsible about vaccination opinions
Celebrities, candidates irresponsible about vaccination opinions. Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann has been in the health care headlines recently, saying the HPV vaccine was dangerous. ... Willoughby said, vaccine scares have caused vaccination
June 2021
More health workers unsure about H1N1 vaccination
More health workers unsure about H1N1 vaccination. In a follow-up to Tuesday's post that found Canadian health workers might refuse an H1N1 vaccine during a pandemic, another report finds ... An accompanying editorial in BMJ gently encourages vaccination
June 2021
QD: News Every Day--Drop in vaccination rates linked to autism fears
NCQA's report also noted that medical societies and federal research agencies reported similar shifts in vaccination rates. . ... The report states, "If this downward trend in vaccination rates in commercial plans persists, an unusual phenomenon may occur
June 2021
End or beginning for mandatory influenza vaccination of health care workers?
or over in LTCIs [long-term care institutions] and thus no evidence to mandate compulsory vaccination of health care workers.”. ... To explain this further, compulsory vaccination policies are technical interventions which are relatively simple to
June 2021
How much more stupid can mandatory vaccination policies get?
How much more stupid can mandatory vaccination policies get? Forbes.com recently reported on a psychologist at an academic medical center in New York who was fired because she didn't
June 2021