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The Conversation: What Is the Connection Between Social Media Use and Vaccine Hesitancy?

Karen Michele Nikos — November 04, 2022 - 3:29pm

People who consume a lot of news on social media are more likely to be skeptical of COVID-19 vaccines. News literacy makes people less so.

Counties With More Cannabis Dispensaries Show Reduced Opioid Deaths

Karen Michele Nikos — January 28, 2021 - 10:50am

First study to examine the association between active cannabis dispensary operations and opioid-related mortality rates at the county level and both medical and recreational cannabis dispensaries. Suggests alternative pain management could improve public health outcomes, researchers said.

Rhesus Macaques Develop Promising Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2

Andy Fell — January 22, 2021 - 7:45am

In a promising result for the success of vaccines against COVID-19, rhesus macaque monkeys infected with the human coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 developed protective immune responses that might be reproduced with a vaccine. The work was carried out at the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis, and is published Jan. 22 in the journal Nature Communications.

Get COVID-19 Vaccine As Soon As You’re Allowed, Experts Urge

Andy Fell — January 15, 2021 - 9:49am

COVID-19’s record surges along with the discovery of more contagious variants of the coronavirus make getting as many people vac