HEALTH CARELESS // Monkeypox Rates, PrEP Accessibility and the GOP’s New Take on the ACA

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10/06/22 • 35 min

Elura and Matthew are joined by PrEP advocate and Tub Talks host Damon Jacobs, LMFT to give a monkeypox update and discuss two stories relating to the Affordable Care Act. Damon also tells his own story of trying to access the monkeypox vaccine in New York earlier this summer.

Here are the three extra headlines you don't want to miss:

Your dog's nose knows if you’re feeling stressed out via NBC

Record numbers of nurses are quitting the NHS in England, figures show via BBC

Biden Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers Survives Supreme Court Appeal via Bloomberg

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Here are the three extra headlines you don't want to miss:

Your dog's nose knows if you’re feeling stressed out via NBC

Record numbers of nurses are quitting the NHS in England, figures show via BBC

Biden Vaccine Mandate for Health Workers Survives Supreme Court Appeal via Bloomberg

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