Trustworthy and accurate health info for moms like me! Monday updates
This has been a difficult year for everyone, but especially for doctors, nurses and other healthcare providers. Looking for holiday gifts for the healthcare providers in your life? Read on for four great ways to show them your appreciation and maybe make their New Year a little brighter!
Hopefully you’ve heard the exciting news by now: Last week, both Moderna and Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their COVID-19 vaccines are about 95% effective! This is groundbreaking news that had changed the way that many physicians and public health professionals – including myself – think about these vaccines. But, you may be wondering what does “95% effective” really mean, both for the vaccines themselves and the pandemic? Read on for an explanation.
Let’s be honest: the longer the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, the harder it is to give up our treasured traditions. For many Americans like myself, Thanksgiving is one of the most important traditions. My extended family has gotten together, sometimes traveling far distances to do so, for a big Thanksgiving dinner for as long as I can remember. It’s important to me, I want it for my kids, and after so many months of social distancing I really want to spend time in the same room as my family.
But.
This Thanksgiving, we will celebrate in our own separate homes in front of the video chat and I strongly encourage and ask you and your family do the same, for their and your own protection. Read on for reasons why.
You’ve probably already heard about risks of COVID-19 for older adults and people with certain high-risk conditions. But, new data is showing that COVID-19 can also be particularly risky for pregnant women and the babies they are carrying. Are you or someone you love pregnant? Read on for more information on risks to pregnant women during this pandemic, and important preventive steps.
Today is Election Day, one of the most important days of the year in the United States. If you are a registered U.S. voter and you haven’t voted yet by early voting, absentee ballot or vote by mail, then please VOTE today! Voting is not only our right but our civic duty. Here are a few quick tips to vote safely during the pandemic; so quick, in fact, that I’m not even going to use a “read more” break.
What are you waiting for? Find your polling place and go vote!
🗳️ Dr. B
“How soon will a COVID-19 vaccine come out?” That’s one of the top questions I’ve been asked over the last several months. It’s usually followed with “Is it being rushed?” Unfortunately, the answer to the first question is still unclear. However, there are real, evidence-based reasons why and how scientists are achieving the seemingly-impossible: developing a vaccine against COVID-19 within months of the first identified cases. This post will discuss those reasons and whether the vaccine is being rushed.
