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CDC says fully vaccinated Americans can spend time together indoors and unmasked

March 8, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON — People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can now spend time together

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The short-term, middle-term, and long-term future of the coronavirus

March 4, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Andrew Joseph and Helen Branswell for STAT) When experts envision the future of the coronavirus, many predict that it

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Reopening of Long-Term Care Facilities Is ‘an Absolute Necessity for Our Well-Being’

March 4, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Judith Graham for Kaiser Health News) For nearly a year, nursing homes and assisted living centers have been mostly closed

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Rural Americans in Pharmacy Deserts Hurting for Covid Vaccines

March 3, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Markian Hawryluk for Kaiser Health News) As the Biden administration accelerates a plan to use pharmacies to distribute covid-19 vaccines,

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5 Medical Appointments You Should Stop Putting Off

March 2, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Kristen Kendrick for NPR) As the medical community unearths troubling consequences for people who put off routine or emergency

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Health insurers have to cover COVID-19 tests for asymptomatic people, CMS says

March 1, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Morgan Haefner for Becker’s Hospital Review) CMS issued a guidance Feb. 26 that requires group health plans to waive

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CDC Emerging Health Issues Part D/Prescription Drugs 

CDC Panel Endorses Johnson & Johnson’s One-Dose COVID-19 Vaccine

March 1, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Nell GreenfieldBoyce for NPR) A panel of experts that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has given

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Emerging Health Issues Part D/Prescription Drugs 

Comparing the Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson

February 26, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Helen Branswell for STAT) In an ideal world, a pandemic vaccine could be delivered in a single shot, so

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Emerging Health Issues Medical Technology 

US to send 25M masks to community health centers, food banks in March

February 25, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Maia Anderson for Becker’s Hospital Review) The federal government will send more than 25 million masks to community health centers

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Emerging Health Issues 

Have a Case of a Covid Variant? No One Is Going to Tell You

February 25, 2021 Eileen Cook 0 Comment

(By Christina Jewett and JoNel Aleccia and Rachana Pradhan for Kaiser Health News) Covid-19 infections from variant strains are quickly

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