GAINESVILLE, Fla - Glioblastoma is the most common type of brain cancer, affecting about 3 in every 100,000 people globally each year. Recent research shows that glioblastoma incidence is risingTrusted Source due to an aging population and environmental factors such as air pollutionTrusted Source. Glioblastoma is a challenging cancer to treat and has an average five-year survival rate of 6.9%. Now, researchers from
ANN ARBOR - Epidemiologist Fred Brown, in his final video interview, updates the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine that now has been approved for teenagers. He also talks about whether you should wear a mask inside and outside. Brown has taken a position with a government agency that does not want him to release his studies ahead
LANSING - The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP) allows small and midsize employers, and certain governmental employers, to claim refundable tax credits that reimburse them for the cost of providing paid sick and family leave to their employees due to COVID-19, including leave taken by employees to receive or recover from COVID-19 vaccinations.
ANN ARBOR - Epidemiologist Fred Brown returns to update Matt and Mike about the rate of COVID vaccinations in Michigan, the level of the contagion, and how if the stars align right Michigan could get the pandemic under control by the Fourth of July. Trained as a medicinal biochemist, Brown has been on the discovery,
LANSING - Dr. Anthony Fauci, the President's chief medical advisor is on a crusade to get more folks vaccinated, so Michigan pollster Bernie Porn thought his recent polling numbers might add some fuel to that crusade. He sent a letter to the good doctor showing that 70 percent of those surveyed in Michigan wanted to
ANN ARBOR - Epidemiologist Fred Brown explains what anyone receiving the COVID vaccines should do before they plan large gatherings with family and friends this summer....probably the earliest safe mixer can occur. Trained as a medicinal biochemist, Brown has been on the discovery, development and/or launch teams of 27 major pharmaceutical, 13 diagnostic and 6
ANN ARBOR - Epidemiologist Fred Brown provides analysis of the latest COVID-19 vaccine approved by the Food & Drug Administration - developed by Johnson & Johnson. The big difference from the earlier two, from Pfizer and Moderna, is it only requires one shot, opening up the potential to get far more Americans vaccinated than ever
NEW YORK—A groundbreaking “Back-to-Normal Barometer” survey for the first time finds that half of Americans say that they will receive a COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available for them to receive it. Driving this lack of enthusiasm, 60% of people surveyed don’t believe a vaccine is safe for them to take, while 40% of people
ANN ARBOR - Epidemiologist Fred Brown, who is working with many US states and world nation states as an infectious disease expert, updates the latest news on the vaccines, potential vaccination times, and what employers and businesses can do to protect them and their employees from becoming super virus spreaders. Trained as a medicinal biochemist,
LANSING - If you’re not a senior, a frontline essential worker or someone with a health issue, you may not get a COVID vaccine until July or August at the earliest, according to the state’s interim timeline for its vaccination campaign. However, Chief Medical Executive Dr. Joneigh Khaldun said the calendar is an interim one, and it’s based
