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Drowning Worries Cause Amazon Baby Bath Seat Recall
In other news, Will.i.am is launching a high-tech anti-covid mask in partnership with Honeywell; baseball reopens with dramatically different safety restrictions in different states; and YouTube Kids faces government criticism over ads and data gathering.
Trump And Biden Officials Knew of J&J Contractor’s Problems
Problems with Emergent BioSolutions, the Johnson & Johnson contractor that botched 145 million doses of its vaccine, were known to officials of both administrations. The federal government was also funding the company. In other news, the Biden administration wants to send $9,000 for funeral expenses to every family who lost someone to covid.
First Trachea Transplant Considered A Success
Doctors at New York’s Mount Sinai hospital replace a woman’s trachea that had been damaged by severe asthma.
Skin-Color Cells Cause Higher Pain Tolerance In Redheads
In other research news, a new study says giving HPV vaccines during pregnancy isn’t dangerous, and doubts are raised about certain liver cancer treatments.
Trials Start On Army-Developed Covid Vaccine
A war on covid? The U.S. Army has started limited human trials of its own covid vaccine, hoping it will combat virus variants. Elsewhere, states report expanding vaccine rollout plans, but some places encounter bumps in the process, and vaccine shopping becomes a thing.
Open Eligibility For Covid Vaccines: How’s It Going?
As you might expect: crowds. But in some places, supply exceeds demand.
Opposition Rises Against Covid Vaccine Passports
From the WHO to New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, officials are stating their opposition to the idea of mandating proof of covid vaccination status. Texas and Utah have gone further and moved to actually ban vaccine passports.
Study: One-Third Of Covid Patients Diagnosed With Neurological Disorder
About 1 in 8 of the patients were diagnosed for the first time with such an illness, most commonly anxiety or depression, Stat reports.
Most Children Who Developed MIS-C Initially Had Few Signs Of Covid
The study of children who developed the serious inflammatory illness included almost 1,800 cases reported to the CDC from March 2020 through mid-January.
All Adults Can Have A Covid Shot By April 19, Biden Says
The White House did not say how it intends to get remaining states to move up their timelines from the earlier May 1 goal.
5 States Have Almost Half Of All New Covid Infections
As different covid variants are reported in cases across the country, the AP says that New York, Michigan, Florida, Pennsylvania and New Jersey together reported 44% of new covid cases over the most recent seven-day period.
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Lost on the Frontline: Explore the Database
As of Wednesday, the KHN-Guardian project counted 3,607 U.S. health worker deaths in the first year of the pandemic. Today we add 39 profiles, including a hospice chaplain, a nurse who spoke to intubated patients “like they were listening,” and a home health aide who couldn’t afford to stop working. This is the most comprehensive count in the nation as of April 2021, and our interactive database investigates the question: Did they have to die?
Para este enfermero de cuidados paliativos, la vacuna de covid llegó demasiado tarde
Cuando comenzó la pandemia, Antonio Espinoza, de 36 años, se dedicó a ayudar a los pacientes terminales. Hasta que él mismo cayó enfermo a cinco días de haberse dado la primera dosis de la vacuna contra covid.
Viewpoints: Ways Covid Has Changed Health Systems; Genomic Sequencing Needed To Slow Pandemic
Opinion writers tackle these Covid issues.
Covid Has Killed 3 Million Worldwide
As a covid uptick in India takes the daily infection rate past 100,000, variants like P.1 cause worry in Peru and the Philippines is suffering a huge surge, it’s estimated 3 million people have died as a result of the pandemic coronavirus.
Perspectives: New Hospital Pricing Rules Provide Clarity; Abortion Opponents Want National Ban
Editorial pages weigh in on these public health topics.
Government, For-Profit Hospitals More Charitable Than Non-Profits
Data from a new study says non-profit hospitals spent just 2.3% of total expenses on free services for the disadvantaged, versus 3.8% for for-profit providers and 4.1% for government-run services.
Brain Injury Recovery Treatments Used Against Long Covid Effects
The Wall Street Journal reports on novel neurological treatments to help people suffering from long covid. Meanwhile, worries emerge about athlete heart-health after covid, and campylobacter infections from raw milk affect people in Washington state.