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Aug 19 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
I am so honored to join Senator @SarahEMcBride for an important roundtable with medical and direct service providers from Delaware to discuss their work supporting and empowering trans and LGBTQI+ youth, and access to gender-affirming care services. Image
Gender-affirming care is medical care. It is mental health care. It is suicide prevention care. It improves quality of life, and it saves lives. It is based on decades of study. It is a well-established medical practice.
When our #LGBTQI+ youth feel emotionally and physically safe and supported it decreases their risk for depression.
I want all LGBTQI+ youth to know that there is a place for you in America. You are brave and this Administration has your back – we will continue to advocate for the most vulnerable in our communities.

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(2/6) It makes all the difference in the world to hear just one supportive person reminding you that you are a valuable human being, that your life is important, that you have no less dignity than anyone else.
(3/6) It is a great shame that anyone should ever feel so low that they would need to hear those words. But they do.
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Apr 28
Next stop in Allentown, @LehighUHealth’s new Institute of Health Policy and Politics. One lesson we learned from COVID-19 is that we’re all interconnected. This @LehighU institute is committed to breaking down silos in health and politics and working across disciplines.
It’s always a pleasure to meet students on the road and introduce them to @usphscc. I have no doubt that the new @LehighUHealth Institute will cultivate some of our brightest leaders!

For more information about the Public Health Service, visit usphs.gov
Rounded out my day in Allentown with a student forum at @cedarcrestcolle.

What gives me hope and optimism for the future is seeing their drive and passion to work for the common good. Thank you for having me!
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Sep 28, 2020
I am pleased to announce our most recent advance in our #COVID19 testing ecosystem – one that will support the continued safe and sensible reopening of America, and particularly our K-12 schools.
The Administration and @HHSGov will distribute approximately 100 million @AbbottNews #BinaxNOW tests to governors of states and territories, beginning with a total of 6.5 million tests this week!
The #BinaxNOW test detects the presence of #COVID19 antigen within 15 minutes and is easy to administer. The test also comes w/ a free companion smart phone app called NAVICA to provide test results to the patient. Image
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Sep 21, 2020
1/4 ACLA labs have developed and validated novel #COVID19 tests and continue to ramp up high quality #COVID19 with rapid results.
2/4 At @HHSGov, we are committed to leveraging every possible opportunity to expand our nation's #COVID19 testing capacity.

That’s why we invested $6.5 million in diagnostic labs: hhs.gov/about/news/202…
3/4 We are honored to collaborate with @AegisSciences and life sciences tools companies such as @thermofisher to ensure ⬆️ access to #COVID19 testing with rapid results.
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Sep 4, 2020
Let me be clear, we’re still partnering w/retail & pharmacy companies such as @CVSHealth, @HealthMart, @riteaid, @Walgreens & @Walmart to conduct #COVID19 testing. Since @POTUS launched this initiative, sites conducted nearly 2M tests & have been offered an extension thru Nov 30.
Thanks to our retail and pharmacy partnerships in 800 + locations across America, we have expanded our community testing support to a sustainable model in our most vulnerable communities.
Our partnership w/retail & pharmacy companies provides convenient access to #COVID19 tests AND serves as a bridge for the implementation of new regulatory flexibilities, expanded reimbursement options & the new authority given to pharmacists to order & administer #COVID19 testing
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Aug 26, 2020
The United States 🇺🇸 is leading the world in #COVID19 testing; as of today, over 78 Million tests have been completed.
We’ve established surge testing sites in 8 states in areas hardest hit by the virus. This provides high risk communities w/ the ability to test 5000 people every day for 2 weeks. Over 210,000 #COVID19 tests have been conducted at these sites w/ an avg turnaround time of 2 days.
Our #COVID19 surge testing sites are one of the many tools we are utilizing to reduce community spread.
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