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The Wall Street Journal reports on a global phenomenon that's stumped movement-disorder doctors. Meanwhile, a study found that smart blood pressure cuffs and an app can help hypertension sufferers manage the issue over time. Also: Maybe we only need to walk 7,000 daily steps to be healthy.
According to police, prosecutors and nurses, a proposal that would require a doctor to review a portion of the procedures could slow down the process and harm the victims. Separately, AP reports Michigan is changing how it funds mental health — moving to match Medicaid funding for physical health.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said police resisting covid shots "doesn't make any sense," but AP reports that cities around the U.S. are clashing with police unions and battling lawsuits aimed at blocking vaccine mandates. In Chicago, the issue caused the police department to restrict time off for officers.
Meanwhile, reports say New Orleans-based Ochsner Health is the first hospital system in Louisiana to have its own insurance arm. East Orange General Hospital, Lee County Hospital, Northeast Georgia Health System, health data leaks from security flaws in third-party apps, and more are in the news.
As CIDRAP reports on a study that found 21% more health workers were working 40-hour-plus weeks than before the pandemic, NPR notes the Department of Health and Human Services has committed to fund $100 million to help solve the issues of health worker burnout.
The new rules apply to air, land or sea crossings. Air travelers will have to show proof of vaccination and also results of a negative test taken within three days before boarding the plane.
Preferring to follow doctrine over the scientifically proven benefits of vaccines, Republican governors across the U.S. have been leading a charge against covid shot (and mask) mandates, Politico reports. And now their approval ratings are down. Dr. Anthony Fauci calls Texas' mandate ban "unfortunate."
The allegation is that national test facility GS Labs forced commercially insured customers to take unnecessary and expensive tests. Among other news, Oklahoma will soon reconcile its official covid death numbers with up-to-date data, pushing the toll up by about 1,000 victims.
Infectious-disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci also acknowledged that some J&J recipients might be better off receiving Pfizer or Moderna’s vaccine as their booster. "The level of antibodies that you induce in them is much higher than if you boost them with the original J&J,” he said.
The rollout of covid vaccines for younger children is imminent. Meanwhile, the San Francisco Chronicle reports that "confusion" is blamed for poor uptake of booster shots among older people, and the Philadelphia Inquirer describes how officials are using senior centers to reach out about boosters.
The panel also discussed whether vaccines can be "mixed and matched" and seemed to lean toward saying yes, but no formal vote was taken.
Colin Powell was the first Black national security adviser, the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the first Black secretary of state. As secretary of State, he was fourth in the presidential line of succession. According to a statement from his family, Colin Powell was fully vaccinated against covid.
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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat, issued an executive order to allocate federal and state resources to tackle high levels of lead in tap water in southwestern Michigan. Separately, a coalition of federal agencies issued a hacking warning about water and wastewater systems.
The World Health Organization yesterday said that its predictions for how many people died from tuberculosis in 2020 were up for the first time in a decade. Pandemic disruption was blamed. Separately, the U.S. committed to sending another 17 million J&J covid shots to the African Union.
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week's selections include stories on a TikTok bone salesman, plant-based diets, Selma Blair, the coronavirus, the Nipah virus and more.
The Wall Street Journal suggests the move is a play to get a settlement instead. Politico, meanwhile, reports on "confusion" around the FDA's e-cigarette approvals.
The number is expected to quadruple by 2050, according to a new study out from the American Medical Association, as reported on by the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting. Also, a recall of 14,000 pounds of Butterball ground turkey; grocery store products claiming to boost immunity; mental health of college students; and more are reported.
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