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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an amended order to explain the rules after concerns were raised about incoming foreign visitors. In South Africa, an oral covid vaccine from U.S.-listed company Oramed has been given permission for clinical trials on patients.
Georgia Health News reports on concerns over patients left "in limbo" for days in an ER because of staffing shortages at state psychiatric units. In Maine, therapists are reporting that more locals have climate-based mental health issues. In Montana, students report the highest-ever depression rates.
In Utah, South Carolina, Kentucky and elsewhere, hospitals are requesting donations of gently used medical equipment.
The U.S. government had warned a list of manufacturers, including Eli Lilly, that they would be breaking the law by ending discounts to a program sending drugs to facilities in mainly low-income areas — but this was deemed wrong by a federal court judge. CVS, PBMs, Purdue, Aduhelm and Biomet are also in the news.
An investigation conducted at the request of the Alaska State Medical board showed dozens of unqualified Floridian doctors tried to get emergency medical licenses this year, some aided by a Chile-based company. Some actually were licensed before the oversight was discovered.
A deal to curb prescription drug prices as part of President Joe Biden's spending bill could go ahead as soon as today, as talks on the compromise provisions in the package continued. News outlets also report on the future of paid leave, which still seems to be cut out of the $1.75 trillion spending plans.
The White House recently indicated it might be more flexible with its deadlines, due in some part to pushback from companies worried about staffing shortages during the holiday season. But the Commerce Secretary doesn't think there should be a delay. Meanwhile, thousands of New York City workers, including 2,000 firefighters, will likely be off the job today as the local vaccine deadline arrives.
It would be the last hurdle before children ages 5 to 11 could start receiving the covid shot, after the Food and Drug Administration signed off Friday. Because of the smaller doses, logistics for this rollout will be more complex than for adults. So the White House is warning parents that it may take time.
Approval to administer the Moderna mRNA vaccine to those ages 12 to 17 may not come until January, as the Food and Drug Administration tells Moderna that it's pushing out the timeline in order to review more data about the rare risks of heart inflammation.
New covid case numbers in the U.S. are close to levels recorded near this time last year, the Wall Street Journal reports. In other news, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki tests positive for covid, but the exposure risk to President Joe Biden has been deemed low.
While it's likely a vast undercount, the official pandemic death toll surpassed 5 million. “When we get out our microscopes, we see that within countries, the most vulnerable have suffered most,” an infectious disease specialist told the AP.
The proceedings begin at 10 a.m. ET and various news outlets are streaming. The public hearing, which will cover two challenges to the new Texas law, could reveal larger clues about the future of abortion access across the U.S.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
In the U.S., the future of vaping and e-cigarettes is under official review, but reports say England may be the first country to actually prescribe e-cigarettes to people trying to quit regular cigarette smoking. AI in medical devices and the $23 billion cost to fight covid globally are also reported.
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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said an estimated 20,160 people died in crashes between January and June, the largest number of projected fatalities in that time window since 2006 and 18% up on 2020's figures. Separately, the CDC issued warnings over inedible glitter on cakes.
Bob Dean has laid off around 1,000 workers as his licenses to run nursing homes remain revoked by the Louisiana Department of Health due to controversies over deaths during Hurricane Ida. Meanwhile, a Texas nurse who fatally injected four patients with air has been sentenced to death.
The U.S. government could pay out over $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports, in an effort to resolve various lawsuits filed on behalf of families affected by the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy in 2018. Other Biden administration news reports on the "sunset" rule, health care fraud and more.
The National Union of Healthcare Workers is the latest to support strikes at Kaiser Permanente over alleged staffing shortages and poor patient access to mental care. Meanwhile, reports say a Massachusetts health network has been hacked, and thousands of patients' data may have been exposed.
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