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In 2023, Sheldon Ekirch was diagnosed with small fiber neuropathy, which makes her limbs and muscles feel as if they’re on fire. Specialists recommended a series of infusions to ease her pain, but her insurer refused to pay for the expensive treatment, which it says is “not considered medically necessary.”

Why Won’t More Older Americans Get Their Covid Booster?

Medika Life - May 12, 2022

A central question for scientists championing boosters is why rates have stalled among people 65 and older.

Houston Methodist Hospital Will Fire Employees Who Do not Get a Covid-19 Vaccine

Dr Jeff Livingston - April 29, 2021

Houston Methodist Hospital system will terminate employees who do not get a Covid-19 vaccine

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