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It started as a group of college friends who wanted to help during the pandemic. They had tech skills, so they used 3D printers to make face shields. Then they organized as a nonprofit, Philly Fighting Covid, and opened a testing site in a Philadelphia neighborhood that didn’t have one yet.

Anti-vaccine groups are exploiting the suffering and death of people who happen to fall ill after receiving a covid shot, threatening to undermine the largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history.

Moderna today announced it is developing a booster shot to proactively address the evolving Covid-19 virus, particularly to guard against a new South African strain.

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 ...

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 ...

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. ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...