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Climate and health: Stories to watch in 2025

Association of Health Care Journalists

While climate coverage often focuses on heat, its health impacts have a broader audience appeal. With primary care doctors ranked as the most trusted source of information on these health effects, medical professionals have a unique opportunity to educate the public about the far-reaching health impacts of our changing environment.

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Nursing Homes Fell Behind on Vaccinating Patients for Covid

KFF Health News

Children younger than that suffer the highest rates of hospitalization of any age group except people 75 or older. adults, age 70 and older. Sanford achieved this by leveraging the size of the health system to make delivering vaccines more efficient, said Jeremy Cauwels , Sanford’s chief medical officer. where some 1.2

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Nursing homes have fallen behind on vaccinating patients for Covid

HEALTHBEAT

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free national newsletter here. Children younger than that suffer the highest rates of hospitalization of any age group except people 75 or older. adults age 70 and older. Loveland’s maternity leave ended in late June, when Maya wasn’t yet 2 months old.