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The Top Doctors in Westchester County Offer Expert Care in 2023

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affordable care act preventive services :: Article Creator Supreme Court Upholds Key Obamacare Measure On Preventive Care The U.S. Supreme Court Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a key provision of the Affordable Care Act, ensuring, at least for now, that some 150 million people will continue getting many free, preventive services under the act. The vote was 6-3, with Chief Justice John Roberts, and Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh joining the court's three liberal justices in the majority. Siding with the government on Friday, the court upheld the Affordable Care Act, allowing the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force to continue determining which services will be available free of cost to Americans covered by the Affordable Care Act. Sponsor Message At issue in the case was a lawsuit that sought to undo the preventi...
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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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