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Key Bills in the 2025 Legislative Session AAFP is Watching Closely

Alabama Academy of Family Physicians

HB 2 – Vaccine Consent What’s in the Bill: Sponsored by Rep. Under current law, minors aged 14 or older are permitted to consent to vaccines (excluding the Covid Vaccine) for themselves without parental consent. The bill also addresses parental access to health information and parental rights.

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Utilizing Community Outreach Workers to address COVID-19 Misinformation [COVID-19]

Annals of Family Medicine

Background: The University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) combats COVID-19 misinformation in youth to reduce vaccine hesitancy through targeted outreach and education. Methods: UMSOM connected with organizations that have roots in local communities in areas with high vaccine hesitancy rates.

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

GeriPal

Like, do you think maybe, you know, let’s educate. We could wear masks against Covid, but we couldn’t vaccinate against racism. And that has an impact, as we’ve shown in the papers, on your social health, your mental health and physical health. It was like talking about smoking cessation.

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Aging and Homelessness: Margot Kushel

GeriPal

When they think about homelessness, their mind goes to what I would call the individual risk factors, things like having a substance use disability or mental health disability. It is completely disconnected, like a scatter plot, between things like rates of substance use and mental health. Those are structural factors.

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2024 Summer Pinecones E-Newsletter -- ADVOCACY News

Maine Academy of Family Physicians

We advocated for the Resident Education Deferred Interest (REDI) Act (HR 1202 / S794). Medicare Coverage of Recommended Vaccines – There is a split in coverage on vaccines in the Medicare program. Food and Drug Administration to ensure that this year, the COVID-19 vaccine is available early in the season.

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Surfers play crucial role in beach safety according to study

Medical Xpress

This research can inform future beach safety strategies and educational initiatives." When it comes to assisting people experiencing difficulty in the water, surfers are generally proficient swimmers with good beach hazard knowledge. Surfing Victoria CEO Adam Robertson said surfers were fully aware of their impact on beach safety.

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What Is The Best Example Of Preventive Care?

Mesa Family Physician

These measures are taken before any evidence of disease or injury is present and are designed to prevent health problems from occurring in the first place. From childhood vaccinations to adult boosters and seasonal flu shots, immunizations prevent millions of illnesses annually.