Tag Archives: COVID-19 Updates

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Your COVID-19 Toolkit

Resources to keep yourself and others safe from COVID-⁠19. Masks Wear a mask to protect yourself and others when you go indoors in public. Free N95 masks are available at many local pharmacies and healthcare providers. Check with...

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COVID Vaccines Linked to Fewer Hospitalizations

New HHS Report: COVID-19 Vaccinations in 2021 Linked to More than 650,000 Fewer COVID-19 Hospitalizations and Over 300,000 Fewer Deaths Among Medicare Beneficiaries, Underscoring Importance of Getting Updated COVID-19 Vaccines This Fall. A new...

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Get Free At-Home COVID from Project ACT

Project ACT (Access COVID Tests) is offering free, rapid, at-home COVID-19 test kits to residents of eligible communities while supplies last. The program is available in New Mexico and 8 other states around the U.S. To check if your area is...

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Updated COVID-19 Boosters Available

The CDC now recommends an updated COVID-19 booster. The updated COVID-19 booster is developed to more effectively protect against the latest viral variants, including Omicron BA.4 and BA.5, the dominant virus strains in the United...

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Free at-⁠home COVID-⁠19 test ordering ends 9/2/2022

Ordering through the government program through USPS will be suspended on Friday, September 2 because Congress hasn’t provided additional funding to replenish the nation’s stockpile of tests. Right now, every home in the U.S. is eligible to...

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Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine

The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine is now recommended for use in adults ages 18 and older. The vaccine can be used as another pimary series option for adults ages 18 and older. It will be available for use in the coming weeks and is an important tool in...

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