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Feds authorize $3 billion to boost vaccine rollout
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Examining the Interfacility Variation of Social Determinants of Health in the Veterans Health Administration
The presence of social determinants of health in administrative data among patients hospitalized for common medical issues is low and variable...
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“To Conserve Fighting Strength”: The Role of Military Culture in the Delivery of Care
Participants with lower limb amputations who had been discharged from the Amputee Patient Care Program at Walter Reed National Military Medical...
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New dietary guidelines omit recommended cuts to sugar, alcohol intake
The guidelines omit a recommendation from the advisory committee’s ...
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CDC issues COVID-19 vaccine guidance for underlying conditions
The CDC guidance had specific information for people with ...
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Strategies for tracking SARS-CoV-2 could help detect next pandemic
One study evaluating blood donations found antibodies on the West Coast as early as Dec. 13, 2019.
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Second COVID-19 vaccine ready for use, CDC panel says
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FDA grants emergency use for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine
“It’s incumbent upon all us healthcare professionals to put ourselves out there as supporting this vaccine and supporting people getting it.”
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Moderna COVID-19 vaccine wins decisive recommendation from FDA panel
The advisers and FDA staff also honed in on several key issues with COVID-19 vaccines, including the challenge of having people in the placebo...
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Biden chooses California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to head HHS
Although his public health experience is limited, he served on the Congressional Ways and Means Committee overseeing health-related issues.