By Dr. Ebony Hilton Black and Brown Americans are dying of Covid-19 at roughly three times the rate of their white peers. Despite this tragic loss, many people of color, especially younger ones, aren’t planning to get vaccinated. In a National Foundation for Infectious Disease poll, 41 percent of Black adults ages 18-44 said they […]
By Thomas Ryan Doctors, nurses, and the scientists who created COVID-19 vaccines have all emerged as heroes during the pandemic. But there’s another, underappreciated group that’s been crucial to the country’s pandemic response — those who provide home-based medical equipment, services, and care. Without fanfare or headlines, home medical equipment providers saved thousands and improved […]
By Linda Nwoke, Special to CAW As new variants and mutations of COVID-19 emerge, the need for expedited vaccine access is increasingly becoming more urgent, especially in vulnerable and less fortunate nations. There are projections that the pandemic caused over 5 percent economic contraction in countries across Latin America and the Caribbean. The Caribbean countries […]
By Nancy S. Jecker, The Conversation Fully vaccinated adults are celebrating their new freedom and removing their face masks. Yet for parents of children under age 12, the rejoicing might be short-lived. Since children that age do not yet have access to vaccines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says they are better off […]
By Andrew Romano, Yahoo News This, of course, wasn’t always the case. During the first year or so of the pandemic, more than 500,000 unvaccinated Americans died of COVID-19. None of them had the option of reducing their risk of dying of the disease to essentially zero by receiving a free shot that had already been […]
By Chris Tobias, Special to CAW Depression can be a terrible disease that affects every area of life, making it difficult to hold down a job, maintain relationships, stay healthy and perform regular daily tasks. The COVID-19 pandemic has made things worse for persons previously suffering from depression. COVID-19 has also claimed some new victims. […]
By Emma Specter, Vogue It’s been a long and often painful year and a half for domestic workers. When the COVID-19 pandemic first hit in the U.S., many childcare workers, health aides, housekeepers, and others who provide in-home care were abruptly let go without severance. Even those who kept their jobs were faced with an […]
By Dr. Seema Massand More than 1 in 10 Americans has diabetes and nearly 1 in 3 American adults has prediabetes. This disease is so prevalent that if you aren’t dealing with it yourself, then you know someone who is. People of African descent are especially at high risk for developing diabetes by the time […]
By C. Michael White, The Conversation The Food and Drug Administration set off a firestorm of debate when it approved a new drug, aducanumab, for Alzheimer’s disease via an accelerated approval pathway. This decision ignored the recommendation of the FDA’s external advisory panel to reject the drug. The FDA grants accelerated approvals for drugs to […]
By Linda Nwoke, Special to CAW Did you know that recent reports between March and April cited an increase in the hospitalization rates of teenagers aged 12 and above with Covid-19? This report made Rochelle Walensky, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, urge parents with eligible children to get them vaccinated […]