HOW THE 1ST MALARIA VACCINE APPROVED BY WHO CAN HELP THE MALARIA FIGHT
A long-awaited approval On October 6th, 2021, the World Health Organization began recommending R.T.S., S/AS01 (commonly known as R.T.S.,S, or Mosquirix), a vaccine against Malaria. This advice aims to help children who live in regions with moderate to high transmission of the malaria parasite Plasmodium Falciparum. Approximately 2.3 million vaccine doses have been delivered in […]
KIDS UNDER 12 ARE NOW ELIGIBLE TO BE VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19
On October 29, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted an emergency use authorization for administering the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to children as young as five (5) and up to eleven (11) years old. [i] This gives over 28 million children in the USA the opportunity to get immunized, in addition to the previous […]
THE DEVASTING IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON RURAL COMMUNITIES
What has been the impact of Covid-19 on Rural Communities? According to a Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform (CHQPR) research [i] , the probability of rural hospital closures has grown dramatically since the beginning of COVID-19, raising concerns about care availability and community health. The financial crisis of the rural health systems began […]
