For children who need two doses of the influenza vaccine to be protected, less than half who receive the first dose receive the second needed dose, leaving them unprotected from the flu. However, a ...

If you’re like me and often read a message, tell yourself you’ll reply later, and then instantly forget about it, a new WhatsApp experiment might bring the solution. According to recent findings by ...

Researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health and Columbia University Medical Center studied the impact of text message reminders for the second dose of influenza vaccine required for many young ...

HealthDay News — A text messaging-based intervention increases influenza vaccination compared with usual care in a low-income, urban population, although overall rates of vaccination remain low, study ...

Sending a text message reminder to participants about their upcoming fecal immunochemical test improved previously poor adherence rates for colorectal cancer screening. Participants who received a ...