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A natural experiment on the effect of herpes zoster vaccination on dementia | Nature
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Re: If Any Drug Tested on HEK-293 Is Immoral, Goodbye Modern Medicine | Matthew Schneider
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The Health Facilities Community Blog: Notice of new testing requirements and testing par…
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Scientific Brief: Community Use of Cloth Masks to Control the Spread of SARS-CoV-2 | CDC
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Medical Directors Report 4-2022

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Report 4-2022 CMS Waivers Expiring Update on Aspirin for Primary Prevention — ASPREE, ARRIVE, ASCEND Trials

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Pneumonia Vaccination Recs for LTC

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Nursing Home Industry Reacts to the Biden Administration’s Nursing Home Reform Plan

March 4, 2022 dashephe

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HAN Update – COVID-19 Therapeutics Updates | March 2, 2022 – shepherd@docshepherd.com – docshepherd.com Mail

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Excess Deaths Twice as High for Dementia Patients During Pandemic | MedPage Today

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Staffing shortages hit nursing home industry hard, and may be here to stay : Shots – Health News : NPR

February 26, 2022 dashephe

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HAN Update – COVID-19 Vaccine update: Extended dosing intervals | February 24, 2022 – shepherd@docshepherd.com – docshepherd.com Mail

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2-2022 med director report

February 24, 2022 dashephe

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Why Is Vitamin D Hype So Impervious to Evidence?

February 23, 2022 dashephe

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