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Research into long covid is finding the neurological effects of the illness can persist as other symptoms abate. In other covid news, group tours of the Capitol, suspended during the pandemic, are to resume.
Vice President Kamala Harris joined Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy's call to help health workers, saying, "We need to do a better job of taking care of you." Meanwhile, statistics for health care worker burnout show it was on the rise even before the pandemic hit.
AP reports U.S. Food and Drug Administration vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said the agency will move fast without affecting standards. A public review by scientific advisers of Pfizer's and Moderna's shots may happen June 15.
Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics shows in 2021 the number of babies born in the U.S. was 1% higher than for 2020. But there were still about 86,000 fewer births than in 2019. C-sections were also up.
Today is election day in Texas, where Rep. Henry Cuellar —who says abortion should only be legal in cases of rape, incest, and threat to the life of the mother — is in a runoff with progressive candidate Jessica Cisneros.
There is no monkeypox-specific vaccine, but an already-approved smallpox shot is effective against it. The U.S. has more than 1,000 doses of the Jynneos vaccine in stock and is releasing some. Jynneos' maker, Denmark's Bavarian Nordic A/S, is also making more. Other smallpox shots, stockpiled by the million, are not yet U.S.-approved against monkeypox.
The emergency declaration from the U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration means commercial vehicles can ferry ingredients to factories with fewer impediments to the journeys than before, hopefully boosting production. Also: formula price gouging, a new conspiracy theory, and more.
The CDC issued an update that alerted gay and bisexual men that monkeypox is primarily spreading through sex. A White House official said the health risk to the general population is low.
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A "visceral, passionate online backlash," the Washington Post reports, falsely accuses the World Health Organization of a power grab because of a so-called pandemic treaty to prepare for future outbreaks. Meanwhile, in Britain, there are recommendations to change the legal smoking age to 21.
The case centers on 5,000 people in Colorado, Kansas, Vermont, and Arizona who spent more than expected when they used coupons supplied by the drugmaker. Also: Oklahoma's Medicaid program revamp, John Fetterman's recovery, protection for gender expressions in Cincinnati, and more.
The voluntary product recall comes amid a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to some Jif products. Meanwhile, an Iowa company has recalled 185,000 pounds of bacon products due to possible metal contamination. Also: Virtual workouts, drug overdoses, and custom children's caskets.
Two hospitals in Wyoming are reportedly so affected by the cost of paying for traveling nurse staff to make up for shortages that they have chosen to halt birthing and labor services. Meanwhile, in St. Louis, medical providers are trying a "gig economy" model to find nursing staff.
Many conservative states are pledging to ban most abortions if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, but in more liberal areas of those states, some officials say they wouldn't prosecute abortion providers or others involved in helping people get abortions.
In other news about covid, public health officials are again urging the use of masks, and a federal judge on Friday blocked the Biden administration from lifting the Title 42 public health order.
Media outlets report grimly that covid is far from over, and is actually rising in Connecticut nursing homes, across Maryland, in Florida, Rhode Island, California, and in D.C.-area schools. Meanwhile, data show omicron was three times more deadly than delta in Massachusetts.
About 180 children have been affected over the past seven months, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. In Mexico, the first child death from hepatitis has also been reported. NBC News notes there currently is still no conclusive proof linking the mystery outbreak to adenovirus.
In related news, the Biden administration said Sunday that it would use the Defense Production Act to give Abbott and Reckitt priority on ingredients or equipment necessary to manufacture formula in the United States. And Abbott's CEO apologizes.
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