There are a variety of reasons why people do or don’t want to be vaccinated. Depending on how they frame their messaging around vaccination, doctors can often be the deciding factor.
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Researchers are testing an antibody shot to protect people from Lyme disease-causing bacteria.
Cada persona tiene una respuesta inmunitaria más o menos fuerte a una vacuna, pero los efectos secundarios posteriores a la vacunación no le indicarán cuál es su caso.
It's normal for different people to mount stronger or weaker immune responses to a vaccine, but post-shot side effects won't tell you which you are.
Puede que no lo sepas, pero tienes un ejército de microbios viviendo dentro de ti que son esenciales para combatir las amenazas, incluido el coronavirus.
One university is showing how the vaccine corps concept can speed up vaccination rates, including launching a large-scale vaccination site staffed by hundreds of students and volunteers.
Une trop forte réaction immunitaire à un virus peut être mortelle et une trop petite le laissera nous infecter. Comment trouver le bon équilibre ? Le secret est peut-être dans notre microbiome.
The microbes in your gut influence how your immune system reacts to bacteria and viruses. A severe immune reaction is deadly; a small one lets the virus win. The right balance may depend on your diet.
Strategies to cure various types of blindness are looking more plausible after a series of recent breakthroughs using gene editing and gene therapy.
Les chercheurs mettent au point une dose saisonnière qui bloque la bactérie responsable de la maladie de Lyme sur une tique.
Researchers are developing a seasonal shot that blocks Lyme disease-causing bacteria from a tick.
An addiction psychiatrist explains why smoking raises the risks from COVID-19 and how to quit.
Researchers have found a way to encourage cervical cancer screenings and vaccinations in Korean American women. Might their findings also work in other underrepresented populations?
Cancer mortality has dropped in the US, due largely to lower smoking rates, as well as early detection and better treatments. These advances often do not extend to people in developing nations.
Are you a worry wart? Not to worry. Turns out you were born that way, to some degree. Humans have a default mode in their brains that lead them to worry, but there are many ways to switch gears.
Putting more people in prison is not the answer to reducing crime. New fair and bias free assessment tools may help.
Alarm arose when news spread that Ebola cases had been found in Uganda. Here are the real reasons for concern.
Approximately 25% of women – representing all races and backgrounds – will undergo an abortion before the age of 45.
When you think of viruses, you might think of the horrible illnesses they cause, like flu or Ebola. But now researchers are learning how to use the unique traits of viruses to treat disease.
In response to the NRA telling doctors to ‘stay in their lane’ on gun control, doctors loudly and clearly came back with this response: This is our lane. A surgeon explains their concern and urgency.
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, UMass Chan Medical School
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Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, UMass Chan Medical School
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Associate Professor at the Implementation Science & Practice Advances Research Center, UMass Chan Medical School
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Associate Professor of Ophthalmology, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Medicine and Population Health Sciences, UMass Chan Medical School
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Chief of Hematology/Oncology, Medical Director of the Cancer Center, and Eleanor Eustis Farrington Chair in Cancer Research, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Associate Professor of Pulmonology, UMass Chan Medical School
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Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Medicine and Executive Vice Chancellor for MassBiologics, UMass Chan Medical School
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Chancellor and Professor of Population & Quantitative Health Sciences and Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics, UMass Chan Medical School
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Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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Associate Professor of Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School
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