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Rebecca Lewis

Rebecca Lewis is currently working as a Curriculum Design Specialist with Close Up Foundation. Prior to joining Close Up, she worked as an ESL teacher in Tunisia, a community educator in Virginia, and a reading teacher in Mississippi. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a BA in History and Women, Gender & Sexuality.

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COVID-19

Despite White House Push for Updated COVID-19 Boosters, Americans Are Slow to Roll Up Their Sleeves

October 18, 2022

Last Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration expanded eligibility for updated COVID-19 booster shots to include children as young as five. Prior to this announcement, the revised Pfizer vaccine was restricted to those 12 and older and the Moderna vaccine was restricted to those 18 and older.1 These updated booster shots address the BA.4 and […]