Day: August 25, 2022

UCF and UCA Announce Cooperative Agreement with the CDC

UCF and UCA Announce Cooperative Agreement With the CDC In May 2022, The Urgent Care Foundation (UCF) was awarded a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to further Antibiotic Stewardship (ABS). This grant – the inaugural federal award for UCF — will fund Urgent Care Association and College of Urgent Care […]

Urgent Updates | August 25, 2022  

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY REDUCES ASTHMA ATTACKS IN URBAN YOUTH A monoclonal antibody, mepolizumab, decreased asthma attacks by 27% in Black and Hispanic children and adolescents who have a form of severe asthma, are prone to asthma attacks and live in low-income urban neighborhoods (this population has been underrepresented in previous clinical trials of asthma therapeutics). The […]