A new nationwide poll, the GeneSight Mental Health Monitor, has found more than eight in 10 people diagnosed with depression say life would be easier if others could understand their depression. Yet, most people who have not experienced depression may not be able to understand the challenges, including its treatment.
Depression is a serious disease affecting more than 17 million Americans each year, according to the National Institute of Mental Health.
âDepression is one of the most misunderstood disorders. When people misinterpret depressed patients as âlazyâ or âdramatic,â they are vastly underestimating and misunderstanding the debilitating symptoms of major depressive disorder,â Dr. Mark Pollack, chief medical officer for the GeneSight test at Myriad Genetics, said in a press release.
A new Centers for Disease Control study adds to the growing body of real-world evidence (outside of a clinical trial setting) showing that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines authorized by the Food and Drug Administration protect health care personnel against COVID-19.
The mRNA vaccines, Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, reduced the risk of getting sick with COVID-19 by 94 percent among health care workers who were fully vaccinated, a press release stated.
This assessment, conducted in a different study network with a larger sample size from across a broader geographic area than in the clinical trials, independently confirms U.S. vaccine effectiveness findings among health care workers that were first reported March 29.