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NCCS Recommends That States Allocate COVID-19 Vaccines to Cancer Care Providers

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The National Coalition for Cancer Survivorship (NCCS) and the Cancer Leadership Council (CLC) sent a letter to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) to recommend actions to accelerate the vaccination of cancer survivors, who are at risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19. Cancer patients have been confronted by confusing allocation rules and hard-to-navigate […]

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NCCS Urges CDC Committee to Include Cancer Survivors in High-Risk Category for COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution

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In a letter to the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), NCCS urged the committee to review the data related to the risks that COVID-19 poses to cancer survivors as they monitor and update the immunization schedule and evaluate states’ flexible use of the schedule. There are serious risks to cancer survivors from infection […]

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