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[Gov.] Kemp extending vaccine to all adults, seeks to reduce hesitancy
Georgia Health News
Georgia’s COVID vaccine campaign is shifting from seeking supply to stoking demand. Starting Thursday, all Georgians 16 and older will be eligible for COVID-19 vaccination, Gov. Brian Kemp announced Tuesday at a news conference at the state Capitol. | READ MORE
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All Georgia adults will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines starting Thursday (quotes former MAG President Andrew Reisman, M.D.)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
All Georgia adults can receive coronavirus vaccines beginning Thursday, Gov. Brian Kemp said as he announced a dramatic expansion of eligibility in a state still facing challenges in distributing the lifesaving doses. | READ MORE
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AstraZeneca says COVID-19 vaccine 76% effective in new analysis, to seek U.S. approval
Reuters
AstraZeneca’s said its COVID-19 vaccine was 76 percent effective in a new analysis of its U.S. trial – only a tad lower than the level in an earlier report this week criticised for using outdated data. | READ MORE
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COVID-19 treatments: What's in, what's out
MedPage Today
Countless therapies have been tried for COVID-19. Not all have failed as spectacularly as hydroxychloroquine, so it can be difficult to keep track of what's been proven to work, and what has not. | READ MORE
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People gave up on flu pandemic measures a century ago when they tired of them – and paid a price
The Conversation
As the COVID-19 pandemic enters its second year, many people want to know when life will go back to how it was before the coronavirus. History, of course, isn’t an exact template for what the future holds. But the way Americans emerged from the earlier pandemic could suggest what post-pandemic life will be like this time around. | READ MORE
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Survey: Nearly half of frontline health care workers not vaccinated
Medscape
Despite being prioritized for COVID-19 vaccination, 48 percent of frontline health care workers have not yet gotten one or more vaccine doses, according to a survey conducted by the Washington Post and the Kaiser Family Foundation February 11-March 7. | READ MORE
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COVID vaccine pharmacy data in Georgia and other states is incorrect, CDC says
Ledger-Enquirer
Health officials are unable to accurately track the number of vaccines administered in several states because of a reporting issue between pharmacies and state databases. | READ MORE
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Obamacare enrollment period extended beyond May as new insurance subsidies kick in
USA Today
The Biden administration is extending for three more months a special opportunity for people to sign up for government-subsidized health insurance through the federally run marketplace. | READ MORE
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Congress must prevent cuts to Medicare
The Hill
While the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 promises to bring financial relief and extend health insurance to tens of millions of people across the country, the stimulus package fails to address an imminent threat to the financial viability of physician practices: the April 1 expiration of the existing moratorium on the two percent Medicare sequester. | READ MORE
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‘I cried every day’: Health care workers explain why they’re leaving their jobs
Refinery29
The stressors of the pandemic have taken their toll on pretty much every corner of society, but the strain has been particularly pernicious for medical professionals, who have faced a combination of uniquely frustrating, taxing, and even traumatic circumstances. | READ MORE
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Why doctors must grasp patients’ context in trauma-informed care
AMA Wire
Trauma is a harmful and costly public health problem resulting from violence, abuse, neglect, loss, disaster, war and other emotionally harmful experiences and is an almost universal experience of people with mental and substance-use disorders, according to the U.S Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. | READ MORE
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Telehealth contacts less real than office visits? Think again
MedPage Today
As the latest wave of the pandemic appears to be subsiding, some providers are looking lovingly at their parity payments and wondering how long they will continue. For Medicare at least, CMS has declared parity payments for a phone, video, or an in-patient visit will remain for the duration of the Public Health Emergency. | READ MORE
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