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Home Care Aides Need First COVID Vaccinations Too, Home Care Groups Urge

Newly approved priority guidelines lack many details. All eyes were on a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee deciding on the first federal guidelines regarding vaccine distribution Dec. 1. Good news: The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended that “when a COVID-19 vaccine is authorized by [the Food and Drug Administration] and recommended by ACIP, vaccination in [...]
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