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Mashup Score: 19
Millions more Americans can get a COVID-19 booster and choose a different company’s vaccine for that next shot, federal health officials said Thursday.
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Mashup Score: 2
Vending machines in Maryland can now stock everything from allergy relief to some contraception along with candy or chips under a new state law.
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Mashup Score: 12
U.S. health advisers said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine should get a half-dose booster to bolster protection against the virus.
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Mashup Score: 2A Beginner’s Guide to a Virtual Doctor’s Visit | WTOP - 3 year(s) ago
Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced some big changes in the world of medicine, making telehealth much more widely available than ever before. Although the pandemic is continually…
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Mashup Score: 10Merck asks US FDA to authorize promising anti-COVID pill | WTOP - 3 year(s) ago
Drugmaker Merck asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its pill against COVID-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon to the world’s arsenal against the pandemic.
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Mashup Score: 0Howard University joins the American Cancer Society to enhance diversity in cancer research | WTOP - 3 year(s) ago
The American Cancer Society is partnering with historically Black medical schools for the new Diversity in Cancer Research pilot program.
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Mashup Score: 2Montgomery Co. planning 100-member ‘test-to-stay’ mobile unit to reduce kids in COVID-19 quarantines | WTOP - 3 year(s) ago
Officials in Montgomery County, Maryland, say they’re hiring 100 additional medical staff for a mobile unit that will deploy to schools around the county and administer daily rapid tests to some students to reduce large-scale COVID-19 quarantines.
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Mashup Score: 18
Pfizer/BioNTech plans to ask for authorization of a Covid-19 vaccine for children under 12 soon, bringing the US one step closer to offering protection to a population that has grown particularly vulnerable as the fall season gets underway.
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Mashup Score: 32-dose version of Johnson & Johnson shot 94% effective against COVID, study finds | WTOP - 3 year(s) ago
A two-dose version of Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine provides 94% protection against symptomatic infection, the company said Tuesday — making a two-dose regimen of J&J’s Janssen vaccine comparable to a two-dose regimen of Moderna’s or Pfizer’s.
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Mashup Score: 5
Children’s National Hospital in D.C. is nearing full capacity amid a surge in respiratory illnesses, including COVID-19 and another viral disease usually seen in the winter months.
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In this radio interview with @dimitriWTOP I discuss multiple aspects of #COVID19 boosters https://t.co/Je7X68S4Nm