(Newswise)–Around the world and within the U.S., the percentage of people wearing masks during the Covid-19 pandemic has varied enormously.  What explains this? A new study co-authored by an MIT […]

San Diego, CA–More than half of all San Diegans 12 years old and older — 50.3% — have now been fully vaccinated, County officials announced Thursday in an important milestone. […]

San Diego, CA–Health Sciences High and Middle College have partnered with Sharp Healthcare to be one of their pop-up COVID-19 vaccination sites. Beginning Thursday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., […]

(Newswise)–Nursing homes with Black residents had higher rates of COVID-19 infection and deaths during the first wave of the pandemic compared to those with no Black residents, according to new research from Columbia University […]

San Diego, CA–The County of San Diego is preparing to offer Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations to youth ages 12-15 as soon as it is authorized by the California Department of Public […]

(Newswise)–In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers show that although two doses of a vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 — the virus that […]

(Newswise)–Asthma attacks account for almost 50 percent of the cost of asthma care which totals $80 billion each year in the United States. Asthma is more severe in Black and […]

Bentonville, AR–Walmart and Sam’s Club announced a new COVID-19 vaccine milestone: Immunizations are now available to customers and associates in all of their more than 5,100 pharmacy locations nationwide, across […]

(Newswise)–In a worldwide study of 2,100 pregnant women, those who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy were 20 times more likely to die than those who did not contract the virus. UW Medicine and […]

Charlottesville, VA–An advanced imaging approach developed at the University of Virginia School of Medicine could let surgeons determine the best target in the brain to stop epilepsy seizures, new research suggests. University […]