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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 70% of hospital health care workers are vaccinated against covid. The percentage is highest among those working in children's hospitals and as low as 65% at hospitals in non–metropolitan urban counties. Also, more news on vaccine mandates.
Democrats passed the education, health care and climate bill with a slim majority today. Congressional divide may also nix any marijuana liberalization legislation.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized booster shots of the two mRNA covid vaccines approved in the U.S. for all adults 18 or older. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must still give its OK. In other vaccine news, news outlets report on efforts to free-up intellectual property rights.
Dr. Michael Worobey, from the University of Arizona, is an expert in tracing viral evolution. In a paper published in Science, he contends the World Health Organization's inquiry into the pandemic origin is wrong, and covid did not come from a lab.
Covid cases are also climbing in hot spots like New Mexico and Minnesota, while areas in Texas report grim death numbers.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Other news out of the Biden administration is on FDA future, military health and water safety. Plus, Joe Biden is scheduled for the first physical of his presidency.
Data show covid cases continue to rise around the world, but the World Health Organization has singled out the European region as being the only one where deaths are up. News outlets report on European nations' responses.
Opinion writers delve into these covid and vaccine concerns.
Editorial writers weigh in on these public health concerns.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, a Democrat, went beyond federal guidance and said three shots are needed to be considered fully vaccinated against covid. Covid misinformation, vaccine outreach services, diabetes amputations and more are also in the news.
A report in the New York Times notes Biogen may not be expecting drug reviewers in the European Union to approve its Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm — already approved, controversially, in the U.S. Meanwhile Aetna sues covid testing companies, and more.
News outlets cover moves to improve mental health services in Massachusetts and North Carolina. The arguments used in the Rittenhouse shooting trial have mental health experts worried. Meanwhile covid anxieties were the same all around the world.
A second case of monkeypox was reported in the U.S. this year. The University of Michigan is hit hard by a flu outbreak. Meanwhile, head lice continue to be an issue despite the social distancing covid brought.
Reports say monoclonal antibodies reduce risk of hospitalization by 77%, and that AstraZeneca's antibody drug offers 83% protection over six months against covid. Meanwhile, science shows masks are the single most effective anti-covid public health measure. Also reports on covid antibody protection, Roma DNA and coronavirus in deer.
Even before Thanksgiving travel kicks into high gear, covid cases — and hospitalizations — are on the upswing in more places, like New England.
Florida's legislature makes it much harder for employers to enforce vaccine mandates. But in Idaho, its legislature failed to take similar action. Meanwhile, the NFL set news rules for players and other personnel on masking and people embarking on Disney cruises will need proof of vaccination.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave drug makers six more months to comply with a drug pricing regulation while Congress is still mulling changes in drug-pricing legislation. Air ambulance companies aren't happy about surprise billing law and are suing.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose in one year for the first time ever. Access to fentanyl — that people are sometimes unaware they are taking — and the isolation of the covid pandemic are blamed for the rise. And next year's figures are expected to be even worse.
With studies showing waning efficacy of initial covid vaccines, the federal government is moving closer to recommending boosters for all adults. It is behind several states that now allow them.
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