When New Jersey officials began planning the state’s COVID-19 immunization strategy last summer, one of their biggest concerns was vaccine hesitancy. After all, scores of avid vaccine opponents marched upon the State House just six months earlier, derailing a public...
Pregnant women – considered to be at high risk for complications if they contract COVID-19 – were not included in clinical trials for the current vaccines, leaving many confused over whether or not they should be vaccinated. Justin Brandt, an assistant professor in...
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Sunday warned Americans against holding out for a particular COVID-19 vaccine — saying all three on the market are “safe and efficacious.” “We’ve got to get away from that chain of thought. The only way you really know the difference between...
In order to return to some sense of “normal,” roughly 85% of Americans will need to get the COVID-19 vaccine to bring the pandemic to a halt, per Anthony Fauci, M.D., the nation’s leading infectious disease expert. Vaccine distribution is well underway in most states...
Anastasia Dudzinski recalls giving her first dose of a vaccine for the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that has ravaged the world. “It was my first day vaccinating and she was an older woman who was by herself,” said Dudzinski, a Rutgers University–Camden senior nursing...
