Vaccines: Herd Immunity, Passports, Reaching the Underserved
Three Duke experts examine pressing vaccination issues for the media
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Report: NC’s Work to Reach Underserved With COVID-19 Vaccines Is Model Approach
Links to a new report by the Duke-Margolis Center for Health Policy and the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices
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Includes comments by Andrea Taylor, a researcher at Duke who tracks vaccine supply
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Features comments by professor Nita Farhany, director of Duke Science and Society
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Reports on Duke Health’s statement that it hasn’t had instances of serious side effects with the J&J vaccine
Protecting Transgender Children: All Should Have the Right to Play
Commentary by Anna Paschall, a medical student and aspiring pediatrician at Duke University School of Medicine
NY Introduces Vaccine Passport — Should NC Follow Suit?
Features comments from a news briefing with Nita Farahany, professor of law and philosophy
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Covers a virtual briefing for journalists
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Features the work and comments of Antonio Bertoletti, a virologist at Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore
Experts: Bills Targeting Trans People Get the Science Wrong
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Is the End of the COVID Pandemic On the Way?
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