Some aspects of community practice are normalizing amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, but the financial fallout and the need for increased safety precautions remain challenging.
Kimberly J. Retzlaff is a freelance medical journalist based in Tuscon, Ariz. She has worked in publishing for more than 15 years, contributing her writing and editing expertise on such topics as rheumatology, perioperative nursing, alternative medicine, sports nutrition and organic and natural foods. Her work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, books, newsletters and trade and consumer magazines. Kimberly is also the senior managing editor of Journal - American Water Works Association, the flagship publication of AWWA that disseminates professional and scholarly information to waterworks professionals with the mission of improving public health, informing public policy and protecting the world's most important resource.
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