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Posted By: Susan Tiso , DNP, FNP-BC
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Monkeypox: Clinical Recognition

As healthcare providers, we have been alerted by local public healthcare agencies, healthcare institutions, the internet ...


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Monkeypox: Clinical Recognition

Monkeypox: What Is This Latest Infectious Disease?

Monkeypox is a rare viral disease caused by a pox virus in the Orthopoxvirus genus in the family Poxviridae; vaccinia, c ...

Filed under: Infectious Diseases, Public Health


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Extensions for Medicare Payment of Telehealth Serv ...

The Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services extended the public health emergency declaration for the op ...

Filed under: Health Policy and Trends, Public Health


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True Confessions of a Former Sugar-Substitute Love ...

For years I drank beverages sweetened with non-nutritive sweeteners and thought they were the greatest invention—I ...

Filed under: Miscellaneous


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The Health Risk of Consuming Sugar-Sweetened Bever ...

When I inquire about dietary intake during a new patient history, I am always surprised to hear how many people drink su ...

Filed under: Miscellaneous, Preventive Medicine


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Calcium Supplementation: How To Get Enough

Nutritional supplements (ie, vitamins, minerals, and herbs) are a multibillion-dollar industry in the US. Many people le ...

Filed under: Preventive Medicine


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Influenza Forecast 2021-2022

Influenza activity for the 2020-2021 season was extremely low, due to several factors. As last year's flu season occurre ...

Filed under: Infectious Diseases, Public Health


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FDA Rules on COVID Booster Shot - 09/17/2021

In a meeting last week, a panel of advisors to the Food and Drug Administration recommended against widespread approval ...

Filed under: Health Policy and Trends, Infectious Diseases, Preventive Medicine, Public Health


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The Perfect Storm: COVID-19 in Cape Cod

Let's set the scene: It's July 2021; the weather is warm and it's time for a vacation. Many people are eager to get ou ...

Filed under: Public Health


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The COVID-19 Delta Variant: What We Know Now

Just when I was feeling somewhat "bullet-proof" against COVID-19—having received the mRNA vaccine doses in Decembe ...

Filed under: Infectious Diseases, Public Health


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