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An Israeli study, published without peer review, notes that the Pfizer drug helped lower hospitalizations for both vaccinated and unvaccinated covid patients over the age of 65. The treatment was not as effective for younger patients. Earlier studies of the drug have focused on unvaccinated patients. Also: the need for more treatment options; outbreaks among vaccinated people; and the impact of vaccination during pregnancy.
As of last October, the number stood at 67% of people globally — and with the following omicron surge, that percentage is surely higher. World Health Organization data also confirmed the benefit of vaccines against severe disease. Separately, Politico reports that the CDC is researching deaths to determine possible linkages to long covid.
As the unexpected global monkeypox outbreak spreads, with probable U.S. cases now also in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Chicago, the World Health Organization said that a global fight is needed that includes Africa. Politico reports the U.S. is "undecided" on sharing its vaccine store.
The blooming mental health crisis among U.S. youth is leading to more attempted suicides, many using firearms and poisons at alarming levels.
As more details emerge about the mass shooting at an Oklahoma hospital campus, facilities nationwide grapple with the growing safety threat to medical professionals. And health workers are joining in the chorus of people demanding that lawmakers act on gun controls.
The annual trustees report estimates that the Medicare trust fund will be able to pay all the costs for hospital services of older and disabled beneficiaries until 2028, two years later than the trustees said last year. Their analysis, which also noted an improved outlook for the Social Security trust fund, credited the strong economic recovery following the covid crisis.
Biden administration officials say that covid vaccines could arrive in doctor's offices as soon as June 21 to start administering to most children under 5 — if approved by the FDA following a June 15 meeting of vaccine advisers.
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Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday that making drinking water scarcity a foreign policy priority was good, ultimately benefiting U.S. interests even if the issues are in other countries. Also: A puzzling series of attacks in night clubs in France; Italy lifts all pandemic entry rules; and more.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
A company, Jacobs Engineering, is challenging allegations that workers were injured or ultimately died after cleaning up a coal ash spill over a decade ago and being exposed to silica. Also in the news, the California child abuse database, legal drug injection sites in California, and more.
News outlets cover legal efforts from Planned Parenthood chapters and abortion providers in the state to challenge the new 15-week anti-abortion law. Separately, a call for more medical personnel in Illinois is made in light of an expected surge in abortion requests from out-of-state patients.
Pfizer's experimental vaccine is designed to combat the tick-borne disease, and the third phase of its trials will last over 13 months with patients taking two shots. Meanwhile, West Virginia's Republican Gov. Jim Justice has confirmed he has tested positive for Lyme disease.
A rural hospital in Texas was the vehicle for a broad and deep lab testing fraud scheme, the Department of Justice Says. Meanwhile in cybercrime, the FBI reportedly blocked an attack on a children's hospital.
Axios reports that the center of the global monkeypox outbreak remains in Europe, with Portugal and Spain reporting over a hundred cases each. And the World Health Organization, Fox News reports, has warned that surprising outbreaks of endemic diseases will become more frequent.
State lawmakers in the House may not consider the legislation, though, until the fall or next year. And some doctors and hospitals warn that the health access measure includes other complicating policies.
The astonishing advance, reported in The New York Times, represents a clinical trial of some breakthrough technology, in this case used to help a young woman born with a misshapen ear. In other news, drinking coffee may lower your risk of dying, advances in pregnancy test tech, and more.
Researchers point out that another pancreatic cancer patient who received the same therapy did not respond to the treatment and died. But the highly personalized immunotherapy is being called "an important step along the way” to devising treatments that might help lung, colon, and other cancers.
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