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How serious is the Johnson & Johnson blood clot risk compared to common medications?

A week ago, people across the U.S. woke up to news that the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are recommending a “pause” in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine after it was linked to a rare form of blood clots. There have been six reported cases of a condition called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST) — a type of blood […]

todayApril 19, 2021

Health & Wellness

In the Year of Covid, you really need your Flu Shot. Here’s When You Should Get Vaccinated This Year.

We might not be able to prevent COVID-19 just yet, but we do have an effective vaccine against another deadly illness: influenza. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone age six months and older should get the flu shot every year, with the rare exception of people who have severe, life-threatening allergies to the flu vaccine or any ingredient in the vaccine. In the US, flu […]

todaySeptember 3, 2020

Tech Made Simple

What is Contact Tracing?

Friday, Google and Apple joined together for an ambitious emergency project, laying out a new protocol for tracking the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. It’s an urgent, complex project, with huge implications for privacy and public health. Similar projects have been successful in Singapore and other countries, but it remains to be seen whether US public health agencies would be able to manage such a project — even with the biggest tech […]

todayApril 15, 2020

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