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South Dakota voters will decide in November whether the state should become the 39th to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, a move that would provide coverage to 42,000 low-income residents.
"Flurona." It's a snappy term some medical professionals are not fond of (though news editors and social media users clearly are). Yet, doctors are concerned about the rising cases of people infected with both influenza and the coronavirus.
Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show all 92 ships with passengers aboard are due investigation over covid cases. Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line have already canceled some sailings as fears of the omicron covid variant rise.
In the small study, a group of people who tested positive for covid via a PCR test, tested negative with rapid antigen tests — ones most commonly used at home. The lag could lead to people unknowingly exposing others to the virus.
Despite reports that omicron is a milder strain than delta, everyone needs to stay vigilant about wearing masks and protecting themselves, the infectious-disease expert says. And another medical expert says, "The next month is going to be awful."
A team led by University of North Carolina researchers concluded that "determining a strategy for decreasing hesitancy among less well-educated citizens appears to be the top challenge." As CIDRAP reports, the top reasons for covid vaccine hesitancy were a lack of trust in the jabs, worries about side effects and low trust in the government.
With final sign-off from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to expand third Pfizer shots to ages 12 to 15, the Biden administration is urging adolescents to get their booster in order to combat omicron. Especially as more children are being hospitalized.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sticking with its current classifications: If you've completed your primary series of covid vaccinations, you're considered "fully vaccinated." If you've had a booster shot, you're "up to date."
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Seventy-five percent of the nearly 54,000 claimants in the case needed to approve the payout, but just 73% did. Meanwhile, as the surprise medical billing law comes into effect, some lawmakers are already pushing for changes to the process, to "line up" with what they say was Congress' intent.
An outbreak of covid traced to U.S. military bases may prompt the declaration of an emergency on the island of Okinawa. Meanwhile, the British government says it can "ride out" the omicron wave with no strict lockdowns, and in South Africa the omicron wave may have peaked.
In other news, when the recreational cannabis market opened in Montana, over $1.5 million in sales happened on the first weekend. But other reports say medical marijuana shortages may be expected due to the recreational market's opening.
The Chicago Teachers Union alleged that conditions were "unsafe" for in-person lessons, which resumed Monday. Meanwhile, Florida experienced thousands of absences of staff and students due to covid infections, and testing in California found hundreds of student cases before school reopening.
The Marshall fire has forced the closure of Centura-Avista Adventist (the only full-service hospital in Louisville, Colorado) for the "foreseeable future." Separately, a hospital in Philadelphia closes its birthing unit, HCA Healthcare is buying the largest urgent care network in Florida and more.
A report in Stat says Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer gave tens of thousands of dollars to Republican members of Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election, despite pledges to cut off funds. Among other industry news: a tussle between Applied Therapeutics and short sellers and how telehealth companies cut costs.
There had been signals that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would layer in a negative test to its recommendations for when someone with covid can stop isolating. The agency stopped short of making that change and instead laid out the science behind its guidance of 5 days of isolation followed by 5 days of masking — for all, including kids.
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