As cases of the omicron variant continue to surge, two federal agencies have approved booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-old children. Sonja A. Rasmussen, M.D., a professor in the departments of pediatrics and epidemiology at the UF College of Medicine and the UF College of Public Health and…
Thousands of health care professionals and support staff have helped protect our communities in the wake of COVID-19. From long hours in the ICU to volunteer shifts at vaccination sites, these heroes have helped throughout the pandemic.
As COVID-19 claimed more and more lives around the globe, many people waited several months for a vaccine to be developed and deployed. However, several others were not as ready to be inoculated. As doses started arriving in places around the world, “vaccine hesitancy” followed in tow.
Despite so many waiting anxiously for the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines, many others are hesitant to get inoculated, even as more vaccines gain approval from the FDA and with increasing availability to the general public.
On Jan. 8, the Florida Cancer Control and Research Advisory Council (CCRAB), North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative (NCFCCC), and UF Health Cancer Center hosted Cancer in the Time of Coronavirus: The COVID-19 Vaccine webinar on Zoom. In this webinar, speakers Christopher Cogle, M.D., and…
As the new COVID-19 vaccines are being put to use throughout the country, some people may have questions related to getting inoculated and healthy practices they should follow afterward.
Despite the lack of information on the safety of COVID-19 vaccines in people with cancer, many vaccinations are recommended for people with cancer, including the pneumococcal pneumonia vaccine and the flu vaccine.
The risks and benefits for immunocompromised patients receiving a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine should be weighed on a case-by-case basis, with consideration of the incidence of infection in the community.
On Aug. 6, the American Cancer Society, North Central Florida Cancer Control Collaborative (NCFCCC), and UF Health Cancer Center hosted Hurricane Preparedness: Considerations for Cancer Patients and Survivors in a Pandemic webinar on Zoom. In this webinar, speakers John MacDonald, Levy County Emergency Management; Sue Colson, R.N., City…
Before COVID-19, cancer patients were united by their fight against the disease, no matter the difference in type, location or stage. Today, they’re united by another battle; one outside of their diagnosis — the fight to stay alive while immunosuppressed during a global pandemic.
