Covid: Vaccine uptake among over-50s hits 95% in England
[unable to retrieve full-text content]But uptake among care home staff is still around 80% despite attempts to get more to come forward. BBC News – Health
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Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause extended as CDC committee adjourns without decision
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices adjourned its meeting on Wednesday without making any recommendation on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. In effect, that means that the vaccine pause put in place on Tuesday will continue. Dr. Amanda Cohn, a member of the committee and a senior adviser to the director of the Centers for… Read More »
Ethical Questions Surround COVID Vaccine Passports
April 2, 2021 — As discussions about “vaccine passports” accelerate with more people worldwide completing their COVID-19 shots, ethical quandaries are coming into focus. Mark A. Hall, JD, of the schools of law and medicine at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, and David M. Studdert, ScD, LLB, of the schools of law and medicine… Read More »
Rutgers University to require Covid vaccine for students returning to campus in the fall
Rutgers University will require students returning to campus this fall to prove they’ve been vaccinated against Covid-19, becoming one of the first institutions in the U.S. to mandate the immunizations. Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway announced the change Thursday, saying in a statement the university plans to update its immunization requirements for students on campus to… Read More »
Covid-19: Half of UK adults receive first vaccine dose
[unable to retrieve full-text content]Some 26,853,407 people in the UK were given a first dose between 8 December and 19 March. BBC News – Health