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COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Updates
CDC has updated its recommendations for the COVID-19 vaccine booster for some older and immunocompromised individuals. Following FDA’s regulatory action CDC has updated its recommendations to allow certain immunocompromised individuals and...
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Know Your COVID-19 Community Level
COVID-19 Community Levels is a new tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium, or high and are determined by looking at hospital beds being used, hospital admissions, and the...
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Don’t Delay: Test Soon and Treat Early
If you are at high risk of getting very sick from COVID-19, and test positive, treatment may be available. Get tested as soon as possible after your symptoms start.Contact your healthcare provider right away if you result is positive. Don't...
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Self Testing For COVID-19
Self-testing is one of several risk-reduction strategies to reduce the chances of COVID-19 transmission. They may be used regardless of vaccination or symptom status and may be more convenient than laboratory-based tests and point-of-care tests....
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Stay Up to Date with Your COVID-19 Vaccines
This post is an excerpt of the CDC's webpage, COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots updated on January 7, 2021 and New Mexico Department of Health's COVID-19 Vaccine page. The recent emergence of the Omicron variant further emphasizes the...
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Omicron Safety Tips
Omicron Variant: What You Need to Know Vaccines remain the best public health measure to protect people from COVID-19, slow transmission, and reduce the likelihood of new variants emerging. Scientists are currently investigating Omicron,...
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