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Stanford Medicine team aids Lakota Nation in fighting COVID-19

...vaccinations rapidly and efficiently. Pine Ridge Hospital has collaborated closely with the Oglala Sioux Tribe COVID-19 Task Force and community programs on the COVID-19 vaccination plan and rollout efforts. Although...

...vaccinations rapidly and efficiently. Pine Ridge Hospital has collaborated closely with the Oglala Sioux Tribe COVID-19 Task Force and community programs on the COVID-19 vaccination plan and rollout efforts. Although...

Capturing how our choices shape epidemics (and the COVID-19 pandemic)

...rest of us, the researchers are curious about how vaccination -- and sentiments related to vaccination -- would influence their model. Image by Shua Baber / United Nations COVID-19 Response...

...rest of us, the researchers are curious about how vaccination -- and sentiments related to vaccination -- would influence their model. Image by Shua Baber / United Nations COVID-19 Response...

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“Tremendously grateful”: Running drive-through COVID operations at Stanford Health Care

Thanh Khong, PA-C, who oversees many of Stanford Health Care's drive-through testing and vaccination sites, spends most of his time managing the testers and inoculators and figuring out site logistics....

Thanh Khong, PA-C, who oversees many of Stanford Health Care's drive-through testing and vaccination sites, spends most of his time managing the testers and inoculators and figuring out site logistics....

“The team has risen to the challenge”: Nurse steps up during pandemic

...feels like we're seeing the light at an end of the tunnel," said Ayson who got his first vaccination in December and the second in mid-January. "That was a really...

...feels like we're seeing the light at an end of the tunnel," said Ayson who got his first vaccination in December and the second in mid-January. "That was a really...

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Study indicates substantial benefits from accelerated release of COVID-19 vaccine

...hospitalizations and deaths reached new highs after the holidays, vaccination in the United States has been well behind schedule. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced...

...hospitalizations and deaths reached new highs after the holidays, vaccination in the United States has been well behind schedule. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced...

How polio eradication in Africa can inform the global COVID-19 response

...-- the CIA orchestrated a fake vaccination program during the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, sowing mistrust in the region. These missteps remind us that any vaccination campaign must not...

...-- the CIA orchestrated a fake vaccination program during the hunt for Osama Bin Laden, sowing mistrust in the region. These missteps remind us that any vaccination campaign must not...

What we can learn from COVID-19 in kids

...the impact of skipped routine medical and dental care and lower vaccination rates. As Steinman pointed out, "This virus doesn't have to infect children to affect them." Photo by Piotr ...

...the impact of skipped routine medical and dental care and lower vaccination rates. As Steinman pointed out, "This virus doesn't have to infect children to affect them." Photo by Piotr ...

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Life After Shelter In Place: Part I

...three years. The New York Times recently reported that vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella nationally dropped by 50% during a week in early April, compared to a pre-coronavirus baseline in...

...three years. The New York Times recently reported that vaccinations for measles, mumps and rubella nationally dropped by 50% during a week in early April, compared to a pre-coronavirus baseline in...

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Outsmarting cancer: Innovative treatments and diagnostics offer new hope

...to fighting blood cancers. Unlike a traditional vaccination, which prevents disease before it starts, this one bolsters the body's ability to battle disease that already has a foothold. Levy injects...

...to fighting blood cancers. Unlike a traditional vaccination, which prevents disease before it starts, this one bolsters the body's ability to battle disease that already has a foothold. Levy injects...

A personal reflection: Why Congo has the largest measles outbreak in the world

...the interruption of vaccination coverage due to conflict, a displaced population, lack of funding and mismanagement."  The vaccination rate of only 50%, far below the global coverage rate for the...

...the interruption of vaccination coverage due to conflict, a displaced population, lack of funding and mismanagement."  The vaccination rate of only 50%, far below the global coverage rate for the...

Vaccination rates climb in California after personal belief exemptions curbed

...years. Most of those cases worldwide were among people who weren't vaccinated against the preventable infection. Anti-vaccinations movements have gained ground in the industrialized nations while gaps of immunization coverage...

...years. Most of those cases worldwide were among people who weren't vaccinated against the preventable infection. Anti-vaccinations movements have gained ground in the industrialized nations while gaps of immunization coverage...

Our response to flu vaccine may be weakened by antibiotics-induced decimation of our gut microbes

Planning on getting an influenza vaccination this year? A new study led by immunologist Bali Pulendran, PhD, and his Stanford colleagues, in collaboration with researchers at several other institutions, suggests...

Planning on getting an influenza vaccination this year? A new study led by immunologist Bali Pulendran, PhD, and his Stanford colleagues, in collaboration with researchers at several other institutions, suggests...

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Vaccination stand-off: Why I got involved

"Do you know what ingredients are in vaccines?" a man demanded of anyone wearing a white coat, recording us with his phone. "Can you even name three?"  It sounded reasonable,...

"Do you know what ingredients are in vaccines?" a man demanded of anyone wearing a white coat, recording us with his phone. "Can you even name three?"  It sounded reasonable,...

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NASA Twins Study: A tale of two Kellys

...and spikes in inflammatory markers, Mignot, who worked on a project assessing the efficacy of vaccines in space, said that Scott Kelly's body handled the flu vaccination no differently than...

...and spikes in inflammatory markers, Mignot, who worked on a project assessing the efficacy of vaccines in space, said that Scott Kelly's body handled the flu vaccination no differently than...

Treating parasite infections during pregnancy thought to boost babies’ immune responses

...as effectively to these antibacterial vaccinations in infancy. In a group of 450 Kenyan women who gave birth between 2006 and 2009, 79 percent had parasitic infections during pregnancy, including...

...as effectively to these antibacterial vaccinations in infancy. In a group of 450 Kenyan women who gave birth between 2006 and 2009, 79 percent had parasitic infections during pregnancy, including...