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Monkeypox cases may be down, but it still can cause economic harm to infected employees

by Blake Farmer
Sep 29, 2022
Those who become sick with the disease won't find the same kind of employment help that was offered for COVID.
Though new monkeypox cases are down 50% since early August, workers are struggling to find financial assistance if they miss work due to an infection.
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The Biden administration is extending the public health emergency. Here's what that means.

by Samantha Fields
May 17, 2022
The original declaration of January 2020 changed the health care landscape.
COVID tests and vaccines are free of charge as a result of the public health emergency declaration in 2020.
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As emergency declarations abound, how are resources doled out?

by Andy Uhler
Jun 2, 2020
Money is allocated differently depending on the type of disaster declaration and who is declaring it.
Virus testing tents set up in the garage of Newton-Wellesley Hospital in Massachusetts.
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