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Federal funds for COVID testing and vaccines are running low

by Samantha Fields
Dec 28, 2022
The White House has been asking Congress to allocate more funds, but that hasn't happened.
With universal coverage for COVID vaccines, treatments and tests ending, "we're going back to how the U.S. health care system generally works," said Jen Kates at the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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What kind of costs can unvaccinated workers ring up for a business?

by Kristin Schwab
Oct 28, 2021
There are layers of factors to consider when companies weigh the actual cost of dealing with unvaccinated workers.
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Military leaders encourage hesitant service members to get vaccinated

by Blake Farmer
May 26, 2021
Many people in the military are already fully immunized. Others are taking more time to convince.
Spc. Lorrin Rice, 35 weeks pregnant, waiting to get vaccinated at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
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Fast-Track Vaccines

We need a centralized, global strategy to prevent another COVID pandemic, epidemiologist says

by David Brancaccio and Daniel Shin
May 18, 2021
Dr. Larry Brilliant, who helped stop smallpox, urges nations to work together to prevent further COVID spikes and equalize vaccinations.
"Unless we conquer it everywhere, we're not conquering it anywhere," Dr. Larry Brilliant says of COVID-19.
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Beer? Crawfish? Baseball tickets? Governments lure vaccine holdouts with perks

by Kristin Schwab
May 12, 2021
Is there a way to make a needle in the arm fun? Studies show incentives increase vaccine uptake by about 8%.
How do you make a shot in the arm seem fun?
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