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Those who have persistent trouble sleeping may have an especially difficult grieving process after the death of a loved one, a new study co-authored by a University of Arizona researcher finds.
Most people who lose a close friend or family member will experience sleep troubles as part of the grieving process, as the body and mind react to the stress of the event, said study co-author Mary-Frances O Connor, a professor in the UArizona Department of Psychology.
But O Connor and her collaborators found that those who had persistent sleep challenges before losing someone were at higher risk for developing complicated grief after a loss. Complicated grief is characterized by a yearning for a lost loved one so intense and persistent that it disrupts a person s daily functioning. It occurs in 7-10% of bereaved people, O Connor said.
Phoenix VA opens COVID-19 vaccination appointments to enrolled veterans of any age
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A health worker prepares a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine to be administered at a vaccination center set up in Fiumicino, near Rome s international airport, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. AstraZeneca is of the three vaccines authorized by the European Medicines Agency for use in the 27-nation bloc, the other two are Pfizer-BioNtech and Moderna. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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PHOENIX â Officials announced Friday that the Phoenix VA has opened COVID-19 vaccination appointments to enrolled veterans of any age.
Appointments are now available for veterans at one of the four Phoenix VA locations to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
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DHS will start the COVID-19 vaccines in eight locations, but officials hope to expand the offering nationwide.
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The Homeland Security Department has begun vaccinating its employees against COVID-19, joining five other federal agencies that have received distributions for internal use.
DHS has partnered with the Veterans Affairs Department to get the shots into employees arms, so far setting up vaccination sites at eight VA facilities. The two departments reached an agreement to use DHS’ vaccine allotment provided through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, but with VA staff administering the actual shots.
VA has already received its own distribution of nearly 940,000 vaccine doses and has initiated inoculations for more than 250,000. It has so far used about one-in-four of the vaccines it has received, lagging behind the one-in-three used by the nation as a whole. A VA spokesman said it has used 340,000
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