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Drug Store Group Launches Immunization Initiative

Associations Now

Hy-Vee, the University of Nebraska Medical Center, and Nebraska Health Network, and the University of Iowa Health Alliance. Bartell, QFC, University of Washington, and the Washington State Health Care Authority.

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Why Telemedicine Is Making Major Progress Nationally

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The states that scored an A on the report card were Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. Most states and Washington, DC (41 in total), received either B’s or C’s; Colorado was the only one that got an F. Telemedicine’s Mainstream Push.

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Where the Great Places Are: Association Lists Top Neighborhoods, Streets, Spaces

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It’s not often that you’ll see Washington, DC’s, Adams Morgan and Jackson, Mississippi’s, Greater Belhaven mentioned in the same breath. ” Lincoln Trails Network, Lincoln, Nebraska: You’ll never be lacking for trails if you visit Lincoln. Check out the list to see whether your city made the cut.

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How One Association Drummed Up a Moment of Advocacy

Associations Now

And last week those advocates were out in full force, protesting outside of the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) headquarters in Washington, DC. “I understand they want to cut costs, but how they want to do it will devastate,” she told The Washington Post. Their target?

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Mo Rocca on Creativity, Comedy, and Obit Con vs Comic Con

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But it’s so that’s one thing I I actually lost my voice at one point because I was doing so many interviews and I was talking If I needed you know, somebody in Nebraska to hear me without any amplification hear me? Because it’s Washington. It was the most circulated obituary that year in the Washington Post. Yeah, yeah.

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Medical Societies Speak Out on Proposed Aid-in-Dying Bills

Associations Now

Last week a Nebraska legislative committee began deliberations on one such bill , prompting protests from the Nebraska Medical Association and Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians. Vermont, Oregon, Washington, and Montana, along with California, have passed such bills.). The issue is also contentious north of the border.

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Boozing, Bribing and Brawling on Election Day

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George Washington was 24 years old when he first ran for a seat in the Virginia House of Burgesses. Washington lost that first time and learned his lesson. But, when Lincoln won the election of 1860, it took six days for the Pony Express to deliver the news from a fort in Nebraska to a fort in Nevada. Boozing it up with George.