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Covid testing has turned into a financial windfall for hospitals and other providers
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Insurers and other payers “have no bargaining power in this game” because there is no price cap in some situations, said Ge Bai, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health who has studied test economics.Bay Area
Coliseum mass vaccination site to close doors as demand for vaccine falls
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Requests for first doses dropped from 4,000 per day to around 400 per day in the last two weeks of April.children
Pediatricians can bypass MyTurn as they vaccinate children
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California health officials say pediatricians can obtain doses without going through the state’s problematic registration site. Children ages 12 to 15 may become eligible for COVID-19 vaccines next week.California
As vaccine demand slows, political differences go on display in California counties
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The differences reflect regional trends in vaccine hesitancy and resistance that researchers have been tracking for months.covid
COVID ‘doesn’t discriminate by age’: serious cases on the rise in younger adults
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With older adults vaccinated, doctors say a growing share of their COVID patients are in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s, as more contagious variants circulate among people who remain unvaccinated.covid
Contra Costa County open to all for COVID-19 vaccine, regardless of where you live or work
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Some vaccine appointments at county-run clinics have gone unfilled for weeks, health officials said.berkeley
Study finds higher COVID-19 complications risk for pregnant women
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Researchers said the study is unique because each woman affected by COVID-19 was compared to two non-infected pregnant women giving birth at the same time in the same hospital.California
The vulnerable homebound are left behind on vaccination
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Despite Blue Shield's contractual obligation with the state to vaccinate homebound people, health experts say the state is failing to reach the homebound.COVID-19
