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Category: Public Health
As COVID Testing Soars, Wait Times For Results Jump To A Week — Or More
The delays can be excruciating, with some extreme cases running more than 20 days. People getting tested at urgent care centers, community health centers, pharmacies and state-run drive-thru or walk-up sites are often waiting a week or more to find out if they tested positive for the coronavirus.
Amid Surge, Hospitals Hesitate To Cancel Nonemergency Surgeries
Unlike earlier in the year, most hospitals are not proactively canceling elective surgeries, even in some places seeing spikes in coronavirus patients.
Shingles Vaccination Rate Soars But Leaves Many Behind
A federal study finds 35% of people 60 and older were vaccinated for shingles by 2018, up from 7% in 2008, but low-income people and those who are Black or Hispanic are far less likely to get vaccinated.
New Jersey will require face masks in outdoor public spaces, governor says
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Emergence of diseases like COVID-19 linked to environmental destruction
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High Court Allows Employers To Opt Out Of ACA’s Mandate On Birth Control Coverage
Justices in a 7-2 ruling say employers with “religious or moral objection” to contraceptives should not be forced to provide insurance coverage for the services for women.
WHO acknowledges evidence of airborne spread; US sunbelt is new global epicenter — 9 COVID-19 updates
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In Texas, Individual Freedoms Clash With Efforts To Slow The Surge Of COVID Cases
In Houston, now a hot spot for COVID cases, not everyone agrees on how to deal with the pandemic.
Analysis: How A COVID-19 Vaccine Could Cost Americans Dearly
The United States is the only developed nation unable to balance cost, efficacy and social good in setting prices.
