Pdf outlining the rules can be downloaded below: Link to original article: https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol_37/issue_1_october2015/myths_and_facts_advance_directives/ Terms to Know Advance Care Planning – A process for setting goals and plans with respect to medical care and treatments. It requires conversations between the individual and his or her family, key health care providers, and anyone else who may be involved...
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Myths and Facts About Advanced Directives
Federal Law on Advance Directives
Federal Law on Advance Directives The Federal Patient Self Determination Acti (enacted in 1990) addresses the rights of health (including mental health) care users to stipulate in advance how they would like to be treated by health care providers when they are incapacitated. These wishes can be articulated by consumers in a specific document (an...
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CDC Guidelines for Vaccinated Individuals
Wearing a second mask? What to know as we face more contagious COVID variants.
As new COVID-19 variants emerge that are potentially more contagious, specialists say that masks are more important than ever because they will lower the spread of the virus regardless of the variant. “The variants do not affect the type of mask you need to wear. It does affect the importance of wearing a mask and...
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Eyeglass Wearers Are 5x Less Likely To Get COVID, Study
Your favorite spectacles could also be one of your new defenses against contracting the novel coronavirus, according to a recent study conducted by researchers in China. This investigation looked at the proportion of glasses wearers with Covid-19 versus the general population of glasses wearers in the area, and the findings may surprise you. The study,...
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UTMB tests Pfizer vaccine on South African COVID-19 variant
Researchers are now testing the blood of patients who have been immunized with new strains of Covid-19 to test the effectiveness of it. They are so far finding a reduction in neutralizing activity by up to three-fold, but there is still quite a bit of protection for those who get the vaccine versus someone who...
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Wearing a second mask? What to know as we face more contagious COVID variants.
As new COVID-19 variants emerge that are potentially more contagious, specialists say that masks are more important than ever because they will lower the spread of the virus regardless of the variant. “The variants do not affect the type of mask you need to wear. It does affect the importance of wearing a mask and...
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Eyeglass Wearers Are 5x Less Likely To Get COVID, Study Can Your Glasses Prevent COVID?
Your favorite spectacles could also be one of your new defenses against contracting the novel coronavirus, according to a recent study conducted by researchers in China. This investigation looked at the proportion of glasses wearers with Covid-19 versus the general population of glasses wearers in the area, and the findings may surprise you. The study,...
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Are two masks better than one? Double masking ‘just makes common sense’ to help prevent COVID-19 spread, Fauci says
They say two heads are better than one, but can the same be said for masks? The answer is yes, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert. “So, if you have a physical covering with one layer, you put another layer on, it just makes common sense that it likely would be...
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INFORMATION FOR UK HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/955899/Temporary_Authorisation_HCP_Information_BNT162_6_0_UK_editclean.pdf
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