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More Kids Get Covid At Schools Without Mask Mandate: CDC Studies
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released two new studies that both show greater protections against covid for students and staff at schools where face coverings are required. Other covid development impacting children’s health is also in the news.
NY May Turn To National Guard To Bridge Looming Health Worker Gaps
State officials are anticipating that thousands of health care workers could lose their jobs when a vaccination mandate goes into effect today. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul says that the National Guard or out-of-state medical workers could be used to plug the shortages.
Life Expectancy For US Men Drops 2.2 Years Due To Covid
That’s the most of anywhere in the study, which shows the impact of the pandemic on the U.S., most of Europe and Chile. Life expectancy for U.S. women dipped 1.65 years. The declines were bigger for men than women in most of the 29 countries analyzed.
Get Ready: Critical Week On Hill Will Shape Fiscal Future, Biden’s Agenda
Amid shaky support within its own caucus, House Democratic leaders are continuing to move forward on dual tracks with the massive social spending package and a Thursday vote on the infrastructure bill. Also in the mix is the debt limit and partial government shutdown threats.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week’s selections include stories about tech advances for people who are blind, World Alzheimer’s Day, unclaimed bodies at funeral homes, Tammy Faye Bakker, the cult of virginity and more.
Viewpoints: Overwhelmed Hospitals Triggering CSCs; Why Is Covid Deadliest Pandemic In US History?
Opinion writers tackle these covid and vaccine issues.
Editorial writers examine these public health topics.
Death Toll Doubles To 15 At Louisiana Nursing Home That Evacuated For Ida
The residents had been moved to a warehouse where conditions were found too squalid for safety. However, some deaths may be unrelated to the storm or conditions in the warehouse, AP reports.
‘No One Is Safe Unless We Are All Safe’: Africa Pleads For More Covid Jabs
Other global news is from the United Kingdom, Canada and elsewhere.
Task Force Says Race Shouldn’t Be Considered In Kidney Function Tests
As Stat reports, many have argued that the separate racial thresholds for classifying kidney disease underestimate the extent of disease in Black patients, leaving them less likely to receive the care they need or to be placed on waitlists for transplants.
Pentagon Relies Too Much On Foreign Pharma Suppliers, Watchdog Finds
The Department of Defense is potentially putting national security at risk and also hasn’t developed strategies to mitigate disruptions, a report from the Office of the Inspector General says.
Study: US Latinos More Likely To Have Potentially Preventable Cancers Than Non-Hispanic Whites
The report noted that Latinos as a group have the highest percentage of people without health insurance than any other ethnicity in the United States, Axios reported.
House On Track For Infrastructure Bill Vote Despite Rocky Democratic Support
The pair of intertwined spending bills continues to tangle up Capitol Hill as a group of progressive Democrats say they will vote against the infrastructure bill if it comes to the floor — as scheduled on Sept. 27 — before the budget reconciliation package. And even as Democratic leaders announce a “framework” for the latter, some Democrats are not impressed.
Washington State Offers Eviction Help; California’s Jobless Claims Soar
Americans’ economic worries show no signs of abating as the pandemic drags on.
Acetaminophen May Harm Fetuses; 3M Baby Cushions Recalled After 8 Deaths
About 100 doctors and scientists issued a statement Thursday warning of possible links between the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and developmental problems in children.
Texas Abortion Providers Ask Supreme Court For Fast Review Of Law
Just weeks after the justices declined to block a Texas state law that bans the procedure after 6 weeks of pregnancy, they are again being asked to step in by abortion providers who say the restrictions are harming patients.
Emails Indicate Trump’s Covid Response Took ‘Backseat’ To Campaign
Communications obtained by a House committee, provide a window into White House priorities ahead of last November’s election, as well as in the months following. Separately, a survey outlines how pandemic views were shaped by the Trump administration’s early-days messaging.
Health Care Officials, Patients Sue Montana Over Vaccine Mandate Ban
Elsewhere in Montana, the public health officer in Blaine County is resigning because of the “constant negativity, pushback, disregard and lack of support” throughout the pandemic, AP reports.
Pandemic’s End In A Year? Moderna CEO Says Enough Vaccine Will Be Available
Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel told a Swiss newspaper that vaccine makers will produce enough doses in that time to inoculate “everyone on earth.” But it’s going to bee an uphill climb: only 16 nations so far have hit a 70% vaccination rate.