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Podcast: This Week in Managed Care—AZ Updates Vaccine Efficacy Data and Other Health News

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Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

Every week, The American Journal of Managed Care® recaps the top managed care news of the week, and you can now listen to it on our podcast, Managed Care Cast.

This week, the top managed care news included efficacy data on AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine questioned; coverage from the NCCN 2021 Virtual Annual Conference; COVID-19 poses risks to children with poorly controlled type 1 diabetes.

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Read more about the stories in this podcast:

What We’re Reading: EU Vaccine Exports Reduced; ACA Enrollment Extended; J&J Vaccine Delivery Deadline

NCCN: National Comprehensive Cancer Network Annual Conference

COVID-19 Poses Significant Risks to Children With Poorly Controlled T1D

Reasons for COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in Patients With Blood Cancer Are Complex

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