President Biden Signs Brown’s Bill to Expand Vaccine Access for Vets & Families Into Law

 

Bipartisan SAVE LIVES Act Will Provide No-Cost COVID Vaccination Services at VA to all Veterans, Veteran Spouses, Caregivers and CHAMPVA Recipients

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 24, 2021 – Today, President Biden signed U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s bipartisan legislation to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to veterans and their families under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) into law.

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Scientists Find Evidence That Novel Coronavirus Infects the Mouth’s Cells

NIH-funded findings point to a role for saliva in SARS-CoV-2 transmission.

An international team of scientists has found evidence that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, infects cells in the mouth. While it’s well known that the upper airways and lungs are primary sites of SARS-CoV-2 infection, there are clues the virus can infect cells in other parts of the body, such as the digestive system, blood vessels, kidneys and, as this new study shows, the mouth.

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Mayor Matt Discusses Phase 3 of Kokosing Restoration Project

Mayor Matt discusses Phase 3 of the Kokosing River Restoration project along Phillips Drive. The project was made possible by partners from the City of Mount Vernon, the Muskingum Watershed District, and the Ohio EPA. Other partners on this project are the US Army Corps of Engineers, ODNR and the State Scenic Rivers Program, Ariel Foundation and the Foundation Park Conservancy, the US EPA, the Shade Tree and Beautification Commission, and the Mount Vernon Stormwater Utility.
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