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COVID-19 Three Years Later: A Changing Landscape

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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a 90-day public health emergency (PHE), which has been renewed every 90 days from 2020 to early 2023. Safe and effective, COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to prevent severe illness, hospitalization, and death. Resources The White House COVID-19 U.S.

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Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Three)

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The COVID-19 vaccine helps protect individuals from severe disease, hospitalization, and death, according to the CDC. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $3.3 COVID-19 surges and waves come and go, now often causing milder illness. million with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS.

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Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Two)

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It is similarly critical that social workers be at the table to develop and implement culturally relevant messages to ensure reliable, accurate, and timely information is distributed to populations known to be at high risk for COVID-19 infection and hospitalization. million with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS.