Safety-net clinics especially are bracing for how the drugmaker’s policy shift could reduce their budgets and hamstring their ability to provide care to an at-risk population.
Category: Public Health
Lawmakers Pressure Newsom to ‘Step Up’ on Racism as a Public Health Issue
California Democratic lawmakers are asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to approve $100 million per year to fund programs that address health inequality and structural racism.
U.S. spent millions on COVID-19 contact tracing, but it did little to slow transmission, CDC study finds
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CDC lowers COVID-19 travel alert risks as vaccinations rise
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As US COVID-19 cases fall, ‘this is contact tracing’s moment,’ experts say
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AHA to connect hospitals with businesses that want to host vaccination pop-ups
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Zooming Into the Statehouse: Nursing Home Residents Use New Digital Skills to Push for Changes
Connecticut residents who learned how to communicate with family and friends through digital technology when their nursing homes closed to visitors last year used that skill to testify remotely during legislative hearings on bills affecting them.
An Anti-Vaccine Film Targeted to Black Americans Spreads False Information
A new movie produced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine group tries to capitalize on the covid-19 pandemic, the racial justice movement and renewed interest in the history of medical racism.
Women Now Drink as Much as Men — And Are Prone to Sickness Sooner
Young women have closed the gender gap for excessive drinking. And that was before the pandemic. The trend is particularly troubling because women are at greater risk for blackouts, liver disease, cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers linked to alcohol use.
Vaccinations crucial to prevent delta variant from gaining US foothold, Fauci says
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