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Earlier in the day, it looked like Eric Lander might keep his cabinet-level job, despite a White House investigation that found "credible evidence" he mistreated and bullied his staff and colleagues. Lander's departure could set back programs he led including President Joe Biden's "cancer moonshot" and pandemic preparedness.
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On Feb. 21, all vaccinated tourists and business travelers will be allowed into the country, which has had some of the toughest pandemic restrictions, AP reported. Also in the news: covid in China and at the Olympics, protests against restrictions in Canada, and more.
The Louisville Courier Journal reports on how plans to protect parental rights may impact protections against abuse and neglect of children. Meanwhile in Nashville, a project that paired mental health professionals with police to better deal with certain emergency situations has worked.
A Fox News report covers a recent Japanese study that suggests male toddlers who saw more TV at age 1 were more likely to be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders at age 3. A separate study says BMI during pregnancy has less impact on the child's BMI than previously believed.
The implants use transformed tissue that replicates spinal cord development in embryos. Separately, reports say that patients suffering depression can respond well to transcranial magnetic stimulation. Eli Lilly, drug development at Merck, and future cancer therapies are also in the news.
Meanwhile, University of Chicago Medicine will build a $663 million cancer hospital in the city's South Side; ConcertoCare has raised $105 million to expand home care services beyond its eight-state business; and integrated academic health system OU Health has named its first CEO.
In a study in primates, an omicron booster shot offered protection against the variant, but it did not appear to offer more protection than the original Moderna vaccine.
A lawsuit alleges the state Department of Health violated public records laws by turning down requests for daily covid figures.
News outlets cover covid rules across the country, including Nevada being among the last nine states with strict indoor mask rules, and the controversy over a recent Johns Hopkins study over the ineffectiveness of lockdowns.
The site, called Goodbill, uploads your insurance card and the bar codes on the tests and automates the insurance process for the user, according to Crain's Detroit Business.
An estimated 18,000 health care jobs were added in January, up from December's 14,300 total, even as omicron covid hospitalizations soared. Separately, hospital executives say that recruitment and staff retention is their top priority.
A group of doctors and public health advocacy organizations are urging senators to confirm Dr. Robert Califf as the next head of the Food and Drug Administration. Califf himself is also trying to reassure key lawmakers that he will work to improve the agency's accelerated approval process for new drugs.
The Department of Agriculture issued new "bridge" standards Friday for meals served in schools, starting next fall, that are intended to restart efforts to offer healthier food. Stricter government rules were eased during the pandemic.
As the nation passed this terrible milestone, President Joe Biden on Friday urged the unvaccinated to reconsider and estimated that over 1 million American lives have been saved by the covid vaccines.
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