Latest KFF Health News Stories
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Pandemia resalta la necesidad de clínicas de atención de urgencia para mujeres
Las clínicas de atención de urgencia especializadas en ginecología y obstetricia han comenzado a surgir en todo el país en los últimos años, y la pandemia de covid ha aumentado la demanda.
Si me recuperé de covid, ¿por qué tengo que seguir usando máscara?
Más de 120 millones de estadounidenses se han unido al club más selecto de la Tierra: los inmunizados contra el coronavirus. Cómo siguen las pautas de seguridad.
Misterioso remedio: vacunas ayudan a enfermos de covid de largo plazo
Es posible que las vacunas eliminen restos del virus o sus fragmentos, que interrumpan una respuesta autoinmune perjudicial o que, de alguna otra manera, “restablezcan” el sistema inmunitario.
Editorial pages tackle firearm injury prevention, microbiome-based drugs and cold perfusion.
Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy. This week’s selections include stories on AIDS, the Oscars, gun violence, covid and more.
Brazil Struggles With Intubation Drug Shortage, High Baby Covid Death Toll
In other news, the WHO reports that the covid infection rate is approaching the highest levels seen since the pandemic began, and it also urged vaccine makers to temporarily release IP rights.
Different Takes: Issues with China’s Sinovac Vaccine; Getting Your Vaccine Is A Civic Responsibility
Opinion writers focus on these vaccine issues.
Drug Company Sues Medical Journal
Pacira Biosciences sued Anesthesiology, claiming the medical journal disparaged its Exparel painkiller. Wall Street analysts think sales for the drug will nevertheless grow 50% this year. And cheating is alleged at Dartmouth’s medical school, but it could be that the school doesn’t understand computer technology.
States Push Against Mask Mandates For Schools And Sports
Education officials in Florida and Minnesota want to reduce mask use. In other news, anti-transgender laws are widely opposed in a new poll, and a call is made for more urgent care for women.
Physician Assistants Given Broader Scope In Florida Bill
In other news, Florida and Missouri make legal moves to adjust Medicaid provision, a long-delayed report on Medicaid in Georgia is released, and West Virginia’s governor signs a harm-reduction bill he’d been urged to veto by health professionals.
Fauci Informs Congress On Vaccines
Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will get back on track. He sparred with Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan during a congressional hearing.
Dems May Scale Back Medicare, Drug Pricing Asks In Infrastructure Bill
The “social infrastructure” items in the $2 trillion-plus bill may need to be narrowed, Politico reports. Meanwhile, it was a busy day of health care hearings on Capitol Hill.
Biden Moves To Overturn More Trump Policies
Most recently, the Biden administration has moved against an exemption of a wide swath of medical devices and artificial intelligence tools from regulatory review and federal research that uses fetal tissue.
Another Covid Surge Appears Likely
At least 21 states have recorded at least a 10% rise in daily average positive covid cases. Overall, the U.S. has over 70,000 new covid cases a day. Hospitals are again getting stressed. (And two tigers in captivity in Virginia have tested positive.)
Merck’s Anti-Viral Covid Pill Works, But Only In Early Stages
As Merck reports results for its anti-covid pill that are promising, if only in the early stages of infection, other researchers say the P1 variant from Brazil is more transmissible than others. Worries emerge about next-gen covid vaccines. And one study shows dogs can sniff out covid-positive urine.
A Booster, Then Yearly Shots: Likely Future Vaccinations Mapped
Pfizer’s CEO says that people who received his company’s covid vaccine will probably need a third shot within 12 months of the original two-dose regimen. And Moderna targets the fall to have its expected booster shot available.
J&J Vaccine Gets More Negative Attention
Despite a study out of Oxford University showing the risk of blood clots is much higher with covid than with a vaccine against covid, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine continues to generate suspicion.
US Has Given Out Nearly 200M Shots
About 30% of American adults have been fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Meanwhile, the list of colleges that require covid vaccination is growing.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.