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Children’s COVID-19 Vaccine: A Key to Protecting Pediatric Asthma Patients

HIT Consultant

What Has Everyone Excited about COVID-19 Vaccines for 5-11-year-olds? With the rollout this month of the COVID-19 vaccine for those 5-11 years of age, we can now directly protect children with asthma for whom COVID-19 infection is an even bigger hazard for our children during the pandemic.

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Indian doctors group taps Eka Care for online healthcare platform

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

The Eka Care mobile app provides doctors with a platform to connect with their patients; conduct teleconsultations; manage digital, physical, and ad-hoc appointments; schedule automated follow-ups; create digital prescriptions and reports; and use advanced practice analytics to inform decisions. WHAT IT'S ABOUT. WHY IT MATTERS.

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Reflections on Procedural Barriers to Pediatric COVID Vaccine Access

Bill of Health

That community quickly grew into “ Protect Their Future ,” a grassroots group consisting of over 2,000 physicians, scientists, and parents passionately organizing so that children are prioritized and get access to COVID vaccines. Protect Their Future created a space where doctors and parents could advocate with a unified voice.

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Roundup: India's CoWIN to track all vax status and more briefs

Healthcare It News

The Indian government is upgrading its COVID-19 vaccination platform, CoWIN, to digitally track people's vaccination status against common preventable diseases, including measles, rubella and COVID-19. India upgrades CoWIN to track all vax status.

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Telehealth has been key for primary care, but clinicians are still feeling hopeless

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

Primary care is underfunded, overworked, and the burden only grows as more doctors retire [or] go concierge," said a Delaware clinician. " Vaccine distrust is contributing to these feelings of hopelessness. " Vaccine distrust is contributing to these feelings of hopelessness. "We are drowning.

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‘We Want Them Infected’: An Excerpt from Jonathan Howard’s New Book on the COVID-19 Pandemic

Bill of Health

Even before the first wave peaked, doctors suggested the worst was over and that measures to control the virus were more dangerous than the virus itself. In February 2021 they recorded “The End of the Pandemic” 5 where listeners heard that “a UCSF infectious disease doctor is convinced this pandemic is ending, and sooner than you think.”

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COVID-19 Booster Updates

American Medical Compliance

Cases of COVID-19 are still occurring across the United States due to more contagious Omnicron variants. Doctors and scientists worry about the effectiveness of current vaccines in protecting older populations against Omnicron infections. Therefore, experts are highly recommending booster vaccines. 5 sub-variants.