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The Best Doctors in San Antonio

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oscar virtual primary care :: Article Creator Oscar To Offer Free Virtual Primary Care Visits - Becker's Hospital ... The free virtual primary care benefit includes unlimited virtual visits with Oscar primary care providers, and will be offered to members with individual and family plans. Oscar Primary Care will also offer some members $0 at-home vital monitors and in-home lab draws when ordered by an Oscar primary care provider.  The virtual primary care benefit will be launched in 10 markets across Florida, Texas, California, Colorado and New York, pending regulatory approval. In addition, Oscar will expand to 19 states and 47 markets in 2021. This includes four new states — Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma and Iowa — plus 19 new markets. Read more here. More articles on payers:Anthem agrees to pay $27K medical bill after TV report airsLeapfrog Group: Employers rank Cigna highest, UnitedHealthcare lowest on drive for valueAnthem doub...
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China’s HPV Vaccine Coming Soon - PrecisionVaccinations

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In a major step forward in fighting cervical cancer in China, a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine developed by Chinese researchers will be widely available for women under the age of 45. Starting in May 2020, the first batch of the Cecolin HPV vaccine will be available in community hospitals in provincial-level regions, including Hubei, Jilin, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region reported Xinhuanet on April 26, 2020. The Cecolin vaccine was jointly developed by Xiamen University and a subsidiary of YangShengTang Group in east China's Fujian Province, after an 18-year study. It was approved by the National Medical Products Administration in December 2019. The newly available vaccine can protect people against HPV 16 and 18, two major HPV types causing 70 percent of all cervical cancers, the third most common cancer among women. The World Health Organization (WHO) and many other countries recommend people to get vaccinated between the ages of 9 through 14. British pharmaceutic...
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Mexican cartel gives out food amid COVID-19 - KFOX El Paso

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[unable to retrieve full-text content] Mexican cartel gives out food amid COVID-19    KFOX El Paso
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Fact Check: Can this anti-tuberculosis vaccine prevent coronavirus? - India Today

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Scientists across the globe have been racing against time to develop a treatment for the deadly Covid-19. The Oxford University is even awaiting positive results from its human trials of the coronavirus vaccine. In such a situation, social media is full of remedies to cure or prevent a coronavirus infection. Recently, multiple news reports have cited a study to claim that the anti-tuberculosis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine may be effective against Covid-19. This claim is viral on Facebook and WhatsApp. The archived version of the post can be seen here. India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the claim to be misleading. BCG vaccines may prevent tuberculosis, but not Covid-19. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there is no evidence to prove that BCG can protect people against Covid-19. Many Facebook users have cited studies that examine links between national vaccination policies and Covid-19 cases. Studies by different groups of researchers have ...
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