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Desert Healthcare District and Foundation unveils new mobile medical clinic

The Desert Healthcare District and Foundation unveiled a brand new, 26-foot mobile medical clinic. The $336,500 mobile clinic was purchased earlier this year with $175,000 in grant support from Coachella Valley Resource Conservation District. Adding up construction and operation costs, it’s about a million-dollar investment.  A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Friday on the Desert Regional Medical

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Changes to nurse practitioner requirements could help underserved valley patients

California’s Board of Registered Nursing approved new rules allowing nurse practitioners to treat without physician supervision. The change would allow some nurse practitioners to practice more freely once certain qualifications and requirements are met. The vote took place on Nov.14, and it’s one of the last steps needed to fully implement a 2020 law that

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FDA considering shift toward individual risk-based assessments for blood donors

By Carma Hassan, CNN The US Food and Drug Administration is considering shifting its blood donation policy away from blanket assessments toward questionnaires that focus more on individual risk, it said Wednesday. The agency is using data from a donor eligibility study and other blood surveillance information that “will likely support a policy transition to

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