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CMS kicks off flu shot campaign
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Substance use disorders significantly hike risk of contracting COVID-19, study shows
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Wildfires could erode COVID-19 progress on West Coast
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Virus has killed at least 121 children, teens; ‘pre-COVID’ life won’t return before 2022, WHO expert says — 6 updates
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Maine ‘superspreader’ wedding linked to 7 COVID-19 deaths
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Lack of Antigen Test Reporting Leaves Country ‘Blind to the Pandemic’
A KHN review found more than 20 states either don’t count or have incomplete data on the use of COVID-19 antigen tests, leaving the public in the dark about the true scope of the pandemic.
Tough to Tell COVID From Smoke Inhalation Symptoms — And Flu Season’s Coming
Respiratory symptoms stemming from coronavirus infection and smoke inhalation are too similar to distinguish without a full workup. This is complicating the jobs of health care workers as wildfires rage up and down the West Coast.
COVID Vaccine Trials Move at Warp Speed, But Recruiting Black Volunteers Takes Time
The National Institutes of Health has suggested minorities should be overrepresented in COVID-19 vaccine trials — perhaps at rates that are double their percentage of the U.S. population. But efforts to recruit patients from racial minority groups are just beginning, while some trials have already advanced to phase 3.
Vitamin D deficiency linked to higher risk of coronavirus infection
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