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Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the health care sector added about 28,300 jobs in May, down from 36,800 in April. Even so, Modern Healthcare reports the hiring figures are still "strong." A separate report covers worker layoffs in digital health unicorns, including at Cerebral.
NBC News says a new 82.1 million unused covid shot count covers December 2020 until mid-May, representing about 11% of doses distributed. Meanwhile, Florida threatened to fine the Special Olympics, whose athletes have intellectual and physical disabilities, over its vaccine mandate policy.
The case count, The Hill notes, is likely much higher than the official 100,000 per day as many home-tested cases go unreported. With abundant treatments and vaccines, the situation is different now (and in potential upcoming summer waves), but experts underline the risks of long covid.
Dr. Thomas Dobbs, Mississippi's top public health official, is named in the case before the Supreme Court, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which could lead the justices to overturn their landmark decision in Roe v. Wade. But Dobbs has not said what his views are on abortion, and it is the state attorney general who brought the suit. Also, how overturning Roe could affect IVF services; what corporate leaders are doing to prepare; and how Texas — where the Roe case originated — is still the center of the argument over abortion.
The slow Senate negotiation process is "inching forward," according to Bloomberg. But Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy says any agreement on a bill will omit comprehensive background checks for gun buyers and any ban on assault-style weapons. Mental health funding is proposed, but media reports highlight that mental health issues aren't necessarily a leading factor in mass shootings.
Consumer groups and employers, USA Today reports, are resisting a plan by Medicare to limit public reporting of certain often-preventable complications that happen during hospital stays. Separately, Medicare Advantage insurance firms are accused of data mining patient records to make false bills.
All 18 of the participating patients with rectal cancer went into complete remission: "I believe this is the first time this has happened in the history of cancer,” said Dr. Luis A. Diaz Jr. of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and author of the paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
The findings suggest longer global circulation of the virus than previously believed and that community-level transmission could be taking place undetected.
Abbott Nutrition resumed production Saturday at its Sturgis, Michigan, facility, after the Food and Drug Administration said that "initial requirements" were met in addressing sanitary violations. Elecare, a specialty formula for infants with severe allergies or digestive issues, is the first product on the line and should start shipping June 20.
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The city's new restrictions on the sale of sweet, spicy, and minty tobacco flavors will go into effect in January if the mayor signs the bill. Meanwhile, in two communities in Maine, a similar ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products went into effect Wednesday. Other tobacco- and drug-related news is reported.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, is reportedly pushing to essentially ban transition-related care for minors and those on Medicaid. In South Dakota, Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican, threatened to sue over a trans-inclusive school lunch policy.
The Middle Eastern nation had one of the region's highest number of covid cases. The World Health Organization, meanwhile, has good news for Africa with a prediction from models that deaths from covid may tumble 94% this year from 2021's figures. But in India, covid is soaring.
Researchers looking into poisoning events involving children and the sleep-aid drug melatonin warn that figures have risen dramatically during the pandemic, up over six times the figures from a decade ago. Separately, the puzzling child hepatitis outbreak continues with 30 more U.S. cases.
Capsule has not revealed what data was compromised and says that an outside review determined its security measures were not at fault. In other cybercrime news, the Food and Drug Administration has warned DNA sequencing machines owned by Illumina may be hackable, potentially affecting diagnoses or leaking patient data.
Planned Parenthood's lawsuit against the state's strict new anti-abortion law will likely be heard in the Idaho Supreme Court after the U.S. Supreme Court issues its ruling that could overturn Roe v. Wade. Separately, a political storm brews in Rhode Island as a senator was stopped from introducing a law to protect local providers from Texas-style prosecutions.
The new research office, essentially a medical equivalent of defense research agency DARPA, has been surrounded by controversy over how it will act independently. The FTC suing to block hospital acquisitions in New Jersey and Utah, and other health industry matters are also in the news.
Some families who are having trouble finding formula are using baby food to supplement their child's nutrition, according to a new poll quoted by MarketWatch. Although federal officials have rushed to bring in formula from overseas to help stem the crisis, out-of-stock rates climbed to 74% last week.
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