AmeriCorps and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently launched the Public Health AmeriCorps partnership “to support the recruitment, training, and development of a new generation of public health leaders who will be ready to respond to …

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine “for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older.”  The vaccine will be marketed as Comirnaty, and will continue to be available …

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its Guidance for COVID-19 Prevention.  The CDC acted in response to the increased spread of the highly transmissible Delta (B.1.617.2) variant, which has become a variant of concern.  “Local …

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently issued guidance on “long COVID” as a disability.  Long COVID encompasses a wide range of new, returning, or ongoing health problems that people experience …

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