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rand.org – A RAND team identified three goals for transforming the U.S. mental health care system and pinpointed 15 opportunities to drive systemic improvements in ...
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For people with type 1 diabetes, CDC Covid guidelines are puzzling – STAT
statnews.com – The CDC’s vaccine guidelines put people with type 1 diabetes further down the list than people with type 2 diabetes. Tweeted by @statnews ...
Read More »An Appreciation for Vaccines, and How Far They Have Come
nytimes.com – The DTP vaccine teaches us about how brilliant vaccine technology can be, but also how it can be studied and improved over time. ...
Read More »Is your Covid vaccine site prepared for rare, life-threatening reactions?
nbcnews.com – Is the Covid vaccine safe? Allergic reactions are rare, but health care workers should be trained spot the warning signs. Tweeted by @NBCNewsHealth ...
Read More »Seven coronavirus deaths reported this week in Kitsap
kitsapsun.com – Kitsap and Washington state is in the middle of the largest wave yet of COVID-19 cases. Tweeted by @zombieloni https://twitter.com/zombieloni/status/1348576728260636674
Read More »KDHE offers healthy habits suggestions for the new year
salinapost.com – TOPEKA – As 2021 begins, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) offers 10 healthy habits to begin or to cont Tweeted by @SalinaPost ...
Read More »Coronavirus updates: CDC director calls Capitol riot a ‘surge event’ for pandemic
usatoday.com – CDC Cirector Redfield calls the Capitol riot a ‘surge event’ for pandemic. Chicago Public Schools are set to resume in-person instruction. Latest on ...
Read More »Mortality rate for Black babies is cut dramatically when they’re delivered by Black doctors, researchers say
washingtonpost.com – Citing systemic racism, they say more work needs to be done to understand the tantalizing statistics in their paper. Tweeted by @magHCI https://twitter.com/magHCI/status/1348089159173492737
Read More »Major Challenges Ahead for Test and Trace
medscape.com – Despite ‘worrying’ compliance levels with the test and trace programme, Dido Harding predicts it will significantly lower the ‘R’ rate by spring. Tweeted ...
Read More »Nelson Griswold of NextGen Benefits Network: “Direct Primary Care (DPC)”
thriveglobal.com – Direct Primary Care (DPC). Physicians increasingly are abandoning — partially or fully — the insurance-based fee-for-service model in favor of a subscription model in which patients, or ...
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