The Bottom Line To truly move the needle around vaccine confidence, healthcare systems and public health entities must work with trusted community groups and leaders. Community-engaged COVID-19 vaccine initiatives and messaging can reflect the nuances of the pandemic...
When new guidelines for cervical cancer screenings were released in April of 2020 by a national consortium of 19 organizations convened by the American Society of Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (ASCCP), they didn’t garner much attention, as most of the country was...
Consider that 30-year-old pregnant woman has a heightened risk of hospitalization from the flu, a comparable risk to a non-pregnant 65-year-old. Then, add to that heightened risk that the flu can also lead to pregnancy complications. Meanwhile, between 10,000 and...
Current guidelines recommend stopping cervical cancer screening at age 65. But women older than age 65 make up more than 1 in 5 new cervical cancer diagnoses and are twice as likely to die after a cervical cancer diagnosis compared to younger women. New research from...
A critical component of the COVID-19 pandemic response is vaccination in the hopes of reaching herd immunity. Two out of the three FDA-approved and available vaccines, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, are both two-dose vaccines, meaning they require a second dose in three...