Tag Archives: COVID-19 Updates

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Public Health Emergency Ending May 11, 2023

Based on current COVID-19 trends the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is planning to end the federal Public Health Emergency (PHE) on May 11, 2023. What HHS says won't change: COVID-19 vaccines and treatments will still be...

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COVID-19 Toolkit & Resources

New Mexico Department of Health has put a COVID-19 Toolkit with information on how to stay safe and healthy from COVID-19. Resources Included in the COVID-19 Toolkit is updated list of local and national COVID-19 resources. See below....

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COVID-19 Treatment Evusheld Not Authorized

Evusheld authorization paused. Ways people who are immunocompromised can protect themselves FDA has announced that Evusheld is not currently authorized for use because it is unlikely to offer protection against the COVID-19 variants that are...

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New CDC Website Helps Locate Free COVID Testing

CDC has launched the COVID-19 Testing Locator website, which allows consumers to search for free COVID-19 testing sites near them. The locator is part of the CDC Increasing Community Access to Testing (ICATT) program, which provides access to...

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COVID Tests Available Through USPS

Place Your Order for Free At-Home COVID-19 Tests Effective December 15, 2022, free at-home COVID-19 rapid tests are available for order and shipment through the United States Postal Service®. Orders will start shipping the week of December 19,...

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FDA Approved COVID-19 Treatments

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced November 30, 2022 that it is pulling emergency use authorization for the monoclonal antibody treatment bebtelovimab because “it is not expected to neutralize Omicron subvariants” the...

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