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Bill 1400, a proposal by Assemblyman Ash Kalra (D., San Jose), would've created the U.S.'s first single-payer health system, but it didn't even get put to a vote due to a lack of support. In other California news, moves to toughen nursing home oversight and plans to shut death row go forward.
The Defense Department is set to appeal Hawaii's order that the Navy drain tanks at a fuel tank farm that had leaked and contaminated Pearl Harbor's tap water. In Maine, meanwhile, reports say the state may have to pay $20 million annually to fight "forever chemicals" found in contaminated land.
The Washington Post reports that covid vaccine mandates seem "on the way out" at Virginia's public universities in line with an opinion from the new Republican attorney general. Across the U.S., health worker mandates, National Guard vax rules and more continue to stir controversy.
If you're meeting with the president and you get thirsty, you're out of luck — as a covid precaution, President Joe Biden is the only one who gets a glass of water. Other news about masks is from Colorado, California, the not-so-friendly skies and elsewhere.
Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson's suit alleges the Center for COVID Control, which had about 300 U.S. locations, sometimes even faked, delayed or failed to provide results to patients at all. Other news outlets cover developments in covid testing across the nation.
Danish researchers also found that vaccinated people were less likely to transmit the virus than unvaccinated people. Other studies look at reinfection risks and natural immunity vs. vaccine-driven immunity.
Four regional support sites, located in existing skilled nursing facilities, will be set up to help local hospitals struggling with an influx of patients infected with omicron. Other covid news, regional surges, rising deaths and ticking-up numbers of the BA.2 omicron sub-variant are also reported.
The Food and Drug Administration will next review the company's data. Already in use in 170 other countries, Novavax's covid vaccine is protein-based, rather than mRNA-based, and could give unvaccinated people who have been hesitant another option.
Sources spoke to news outlets about a plan that could lead to FDA and CDC authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech covid vaccine for kids under 5 by the end of February.
Moderna's two-shot mRNA covid vaccine, now branded Spikevax, is no longer being administered under emergency use authorization after the FDA fully approved it Monday for use in all 18 and older.
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A recent large-scale, gene-centric study found a direct link between alcohol consumption and "several kinds" of cancer. Also in the news, a link between Alzheimer's and microglial cells; cognitive impairment from cannabis; bed rest is linked to poor recovery for older patients in the hospital; and more.
The source of the life-threatening gas leak is being investigated, but police responded to reports of people lying unconscious around the pool. In other news, data show the pandemic worsened San Francisco's overdose epidemic, and a "litany" of mental health issues are found at a Vermont prison.
WGCU reports on the "worldwide problem" of careless covid mask disposal, which is not only unsightly but also threatens wildlife and can block sewers. Meanwhile, in Hawaii the Navy continues to clean up a fuel spill that contaminated tap water, and military-used toxic foam worries rise.
Some Republicans say that they are open to the president's promise to nominate a Black woman to the Supreme Court, but others stake a hard line on any liberal nominees. Meanwhile, some news outlets look at the issue of abortion access, which the court is currently considering.
According to new research reported at Modern Healthcare, some of the issues "often" blamed for poor readmission rates to hospitals actually aren't correlated: Socioeconomic status, care access and insurance coverage differences can't explain why some hospitals have higher rates.
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