COVID-19 vaccines: CDC says people ages 65 and up should get a shot this spring – a geriatrician explains why it’s vitally important
As you get older, you’re at higher risk of severe infection and your immunity declines faster after vaccination.
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Associate Professor of Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Virginia •
conversation
March 14, 2024 • ~6 min
March 14, 2024 • ~6 min
Vaccine-skeptical mothers say bad health care experiences made them distrust the medical system
Vaccine skepticism, and the broader medical mistrust and far-reaching anxieties it reflects, is not just a fringe position in the 21st century.
Johanna Richlin, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Maine •
conversation
March 11, 2024 • ~10 min
March 11, 2024 • ~10 min
Measles is one of the deadliest and most contagious infectious diseases – and one of the most easily preventable
A pediatrician and preventive medicine physician explains how measles vaccines became victims of their own success and the risk that rising outbreaks pose to everyone.
David Higgins, Research Fellow and Instructor in Pediatrics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus •
conversation
March 1, 2024 • ~8 min
March 1, 2024 • ~8 min
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