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In addition to the clinics, the company is taking down its virtual health service after concluding “there is not a sustainable business model for us to continue.”
WUSF is reporting on how distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine exposes inequities in Florida’s health care system.
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FIUThe lawsuit is one of numerous cases filed in Florida and other states alleging that colleges and universities breached contracts and should be required to refund money to students. -
NIAID-RMLResearchers identified a dozen key symptoms that help distinguish long COVID. They say doctors shouldn't use the list to diagnose patients — it's only a first step — but it might help future studies.
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