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And the Nobel Prize Goes To… |
Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman, whose research laid the groundwork for Moderna and Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccines! The scientists developed a method to produce mRNA variants that could be used for vaccines without sparking an immune reaction. Interestingly, they published their work back in 2005, and it was initially overlooked by the scientific and medical communities before
Moderna and Pfizer took an interest in it. The Nobel Committee said the scientists “contributed to the unprecedented rate of vaccine development during one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.”
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Meet the ANA President Elect |
The American Academy of Nursing has elected a new president: Debra Barksdale, dean and professor at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. She has been involved with the ANA since 2012, including serving as a Board of Director member, during which she was the liaison to the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusivity Committee and several Expert Panels. She also sat on the
review committee for the National Academy of Medicine’s Distinguished Nurse Scholar-in-Residence program.
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It’s A Big One! |
The contract between the Coalition of Kaiser Permanente Unions and the health system officially expired at 11:59 PM, PT on Saturday, setting the stage for the largest healthcare strike in US history with 75,000 people involved. Kaiser, which has workers at hundreds of hospitals and centers in California, Colorado, Oregon, Virginia, Washington, and Washington, DC, said hospitals and emergency departments will stay open. The strike involves many non-clinician Kaiser Permanente staff, including nursing assistants, optometrists, technicians, pharmacists, genetic counselors, and more.
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TODAY'S TOP VITAL
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$81.61 |
The price the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are paying per Covid booster shot this year, compared with just $26.636 for last year’s booster. It’s similar for Pfizer — $81.61 versus $30.48.
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