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Addressing the Individual Social Needs of Patients with Diabetes


On the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)’s Diabetes Discoveries and Practice Blog, professor Matthew Kreuter, PhD, MPH, explains how health care professionals can address the individual social needs of patients who have diabetes.

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News

Requests for testing surge as COVID-19 cases keep rising

Requests for testing surge as COVID-19 cases keep rising

Requests for COVID-19 diagnostic testing are surging as new cases rise. Connecticut 2-1-1 reported 377,558 testing inquiries to its web service in the first 15 days of November, including over 50,000 requests in a single day, November 13th.
Rent and mortgage requests hit record levels in MA

Rent and mortgage requests hit record levels in MA

Two powerful forces are driving requests for rent and mortgage assistance to all-time highs in Massachusetts. The peak in mid-October was over 200 requests per day, more than ten times the pre-COVID rate.