On the West Coast, officials in California, Oregon, and Washington sought to shore up vaccine access for residents and announced the formation of a “health alliance” that would set public health policies independent of the federal government. The moves are the latest in a nationwide upheaval over vaccines, related policies, and access. They follow the federal government’s suspended authorization last …
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COVID The governor’s new standing order enables pharmacists to administer the boosters to “all eligible persons” without CDC approval. Governor Maura Healey issued an order Wednesday to ensure that people aged 5 and older can get COVID booster shots in Massachusetts. Danielle Parhizkaran/The Boston Globe Under Governor Maura Healey’s direction, the Department of Public Health (DPH) issued a standing order …
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With certain exceptions, US adults could safely forego tetanus and diphtheria booster vaccination—if uptake of childhood vaccines stays high, an Oregon Health & Science University–led research team wrote yesterday in Clinical Microbiology Reviews. Discontinuing the 10-year doses could save about $1 billion each year, said the researchers, who compared the impact of the tetanus and diphtheria vaccination programs to that of …
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