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Many Older People Embrace Vaccines. Research Is Proving Them Right.

Physician's Weekly

Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles vaccine as soon as it became available, even if she had to pay for it out-of-pocket. Some older people are really eager to be vaccinated. Kennedy Jr.,

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COVID-19: Fall and Winter 2023 Update

Altitude Family & Internal Medicine

Altitude Family & Internal Medicine (303) 730-2167 COVID-19: Fall and Winter 2023 Update COVID Fall and Winter 2023 Update Thanks for watching our latest COVID-19 Update. This post COVID-19: Fall and Winter 2023 Update first appeared on Altitude Family & Internal Medicine (303) 730-2167 and is written by Doug Hansen.

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The Top 5 Minor Ailments and Pharmacist Management in Ontario: Attachment and Primary Care [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

In Ontario, Canada, pharmacists were given authority to deliver service for 19 MAs as of October 1, 2023. Logistic regression analysis was conducted for the delivery of specific MA services prescribed from January 1 to December 31, 2023, by primary care attachment. 1.58]; flu/COVID-19 vaccination: 1.69 [1.68-1.70]).

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Anatomy of a Healthy Plate- Guest Blogger Rebecca Gray

New South Family Medicine and MedSpa

Yes, both are important, but family, faith, work, money and the environment we create matter too. We follow ALL VACCINATION GUIDELINES set forth by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the American Academy of Family Medicine! Then take a moment to reflect on your unique plate. It is not just about food and exercise.

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New Antibody Shot Could Help Protect Babies From RSV

Physician's Weekly

“We are committed to ensuring availability of Enflonsia in the US before the start of the upcoming RSV season to help reduce the significant burden of this widespread seasonal infection on families and health care systems,” he added in a news release. The new members include some vaccine critics. Kennedy Jr.

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Anti-Asian Hate: Russell Jeung, Lingsheng Li, & Jessica Eng

GeriPal

We could wear masks against Covid, but we couldn’t vaccinate against racism. And also, you know, do they know of anyone, friends, family, coworkers who’s been attacked, were assaulted as a part of these incidents? Really, across the board, there was a spike, and it seemed to have, seems to have come down from 2022 to 2023.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

In the United States in 2023, the truth of the matter is you don’t need very many individual risk factors to become homeless. A huge portion of that difference in wealth you can trace back to the fact that their families were not able to get into the housing market. Maybe vaccines, maybe. HPV vaccine. Margot: Right.