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The philanthropist says she's no longer pledging to give away her fortune through the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and will instead spread it among other charities, the Wall Street Journal reported. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has championed the eradication of polio and malaria, Alzheimer's research and many other global health causes.
The proposed adjustment in 2023 payments would be to address the financial impacts of social determinants of health and health equity in Medicare Advantage plans.
News outlets cover requests from the airline industry that requirements for international vaccinated travelers to test negative before boarding U.S.-bound flights be dropped. Other outlets cover the president's 500 million free test push, fraudulent test sites, and advice on using at-home tests.
An AP report says this places over 3,300 service members at risk of being discharged. Other news on mandates includes a judge ruling in favor of Hawaiian Airlines' worker vaccine policy, 200 Santa Clara County unvaxxed workers being disciplined, and more.
If you're fully vaccinated, you're 14 times less likely to die than someone with no shots. But if you're boosted, that figure rises to 97 times, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Meanwhile, imaging data show breakthrough infections are less severe for fully-vaxxed people.
For the first time in weeks, fewer than 500,000 people were reported with new covid cases, with data from places like the Bay Area showing signs the omicron surge is fading. But the number of deaths is rising, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says 75,000 more may happen this month.
"We can do this," President Joe Biden said at an event Wednesday that aimed to reinvigorate his "cancer moonshot," an initiative he previously launched as vice president. This push sets new priorities but has no additional funding. News outlets look at how the administration intends to accomplish the ambitious goal.
Leukemia is considered an incurable disease. Yet in the cases of two men still in remission 10 years after receiving an experimental CAR-T cell therapy, doctors are using a word rarely uttered about cancer: "cured." They caution that the treatment may not work for all patients. But the findings, just published in a study, could lead to a long-term therapy for leukemia.
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Meanwhile, in Tokyo cases hit a record high — above 20,000 daily for the first time. In Europe, some nations are scaling back their restrictions, including Norway, even as the World Health Organization warns that many places have yet to reach the peak of the omicron surge.
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The Bangor Daily News report says 25 children died in "incidents tracked by the state that were associated with abuse or neglect," or after a family involvement with the child welfare system. The figure is more than double the total for 2020.
Although teenage boys remain more likely to die by suicide, teenage girls are more likely to attempt it, a report in the Texas Tribune notes. Meanwhile, in abortion news, AP reports that minority women will be most affected if abortion is banned in the U.S.
A report from a new Lancet Commission says that increased suffering and loss of dignity are side effects of overreliance on medicine during the process of dying. In other news, Magellan Health will start using a drone to deliver some members' specialist prescription meds this year.
A new study says that about 1.2 million years of human life were lost due to unintentional drug doses, with more men than women dying. In other news, Native American tribes have reached a settlement with opioid makers and distributors worth $590 million.
Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions committee leaders say that the group plans a legislative package to tackle mental health and substance use challenges.
News outlets cover the effects of covid outbreaks in prisons across America, including a push to seek fewer jail bookings in King County, Washington. In other news on the penal system, reports show medical care at Rikers Island in New York has being delayed for thousands of prisoners.
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