FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee on Tuesday voted 17-0 to recommend the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for children ages five to 11. Some committee members, however, questioned whether a "one-size-fits-all" authorization could meet the needs of all children.
Millions of fraudulent medical gloves have been imported to the United States, a CNN investigation found, in part due to the suspension of import regulations during the pandemic—and this illicit trade is expected to continue as demand for medical supplies remains high around the world.
Barry Ostrowsky, president and CEO of RWJBarnabas Health, sat down with Radio Advisory's Rachel Woods to talk about the role of social justice in a health care organization and the specific steps that that he took to embed equity into every aspect of RWJBarnabas Health’s strategic plan.
Public health experts, including CDC Director Rochelle Walensky, say that trick-or-treating outside will generally be very safe this year, but they also offered a few tips for safer Halloween activities.
Most people are hesitant to engage in deep conversations with strangers because they think it will be uncomfortable, so they resort to small talk instead. But research has found that having deep conversations with strangers can be more rewarding (and less awkward) than you think, Nicholas Epley, Michael Kardas, and Amit Kumar write for the Washington Post.
The White House announced a new travel system that will open borders for vaccinated international travelers—and place more stringent testing requirements on all unvaccinated travelers, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from the District of Columbia, New York, and Oklahoma.
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