After two years, the final US military medical Covid-19 deployments are ending First, it was a smaller hospital with fewer than 200 beds in Farmington, New Mexico, where the high desert borders the Navajo Nation. Then, it was a massive university hospital in bustling Salt Lake City, Utah, with about 800 staffed beds. Jacqueline Howard, CNN CNN

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Despite Doctors’ Concerns, Pharmacists Get More Leeway to Offer Treatment With Testing In the battle against covid, pharmacies became a key place for consumers to seek vaccines and testing. Some states are expanding pharmacists’ work to include directly prescribing drugs for customer… khnkit Kaiser Health News

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he easy availability of pharmacists also helped propel them into a key role during the pandemic as they became a go-to resource for covid-19 testing and vaccines. Yet even before covid engulfed the country, many states were giving pharmacists a bigger role in consumers’ health.

New Hampshire's state-run vaccination sites permanently closing All 11 state-managed COVID-19 vaccination sites are set to close for good at 7 p.m. Thursday Ray Brewer WMUR

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Michigan says it won’t adopt new CDC guidelines without ‘additional information’ Michigan will not follow updated quarantine and isolation guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until the state acquires more information, health authorities sai… Brad Dress The Hill

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As omicron lurks, Native Americans wary of boosters Vaccination rates for American Indians and Alaska Natives were some of the highest in the country, but tribes say resistance has slowed efforts to boost members. NBC News

When Covid-19 vaccines first became available, Native Americans acted swiftly and with determination to get their shots — as though they had everything to lose.

WHO lays out plan to emerge from emergency phase of pandemic The World Health Organization on Wednesday released an updated plan for COVID-19, laying out key strategies that, if implemented in 2022, would allow the world to end the emergency phase of the pandemic. Julie Steenhuysen,Mrinalika Roy Reuters

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End of COVID may bring major turbulence for US health care WASHINGTON (AP) — When the end of the COVID-19 pandemic comes, it could create major disruptions for a cumbersome U.S. health care system made more generous, flexible and up-to-date technologically through a raft of temporary emergency measures. AP NEWS

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Kansas won't enforce vaccine rule for nursing home workers TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly's says Kansas won't enforce a federal mandate that nursing home workers get vaccinated against COVID-19, acknowledging Wednesday that it conflicts with an anti-mandate state law she signed four months ago. AP NEWS

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