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While federal officials in charge of the U.S. pandemic response report that infection numbers are turning around, they urge Americans not to be complacent since the virus has surged back multiple times before. And some areas are still at big risk, particularly in the West.
The much anticipated National Institutes of Health research — which will be discussed during meetings today and tomorrow of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory panel — finds that receiving a different brand of covid vaccine to the one initially administered is both safe and effective.
A new study says that low vaccine rates in U.S. adults probably resulted in 90,000 additional deaths in the four months from June 2021. Separately, the Biden administration is pressing Moderna to "step up" and donate more vaccines to the global COVAX effort.
Miguel Cardona, U.S. Education Secretary, has said he disagrees with the Texas governor's ban on vaccine mandates because of its impact on children in public and private schools. And The Wall Street Journal notes that many companies are stuck in the middle of conflicting federal and state rules on the matter.
The Food and Drug Administration finalized new sodium targets in 163 categories of food produced by manufacturers and restaurants. The voluntary guidelines lay out a path to reduce U.S. levels by 12% over the next 2.5 years.
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Colorado says marketplace health insurance plans must cover a wide range of gender-affirming services beginning in 2023, after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved such a plan for the first time. Separately, reports say Montana is facing a 1,000 unit weekly donated blood shortage.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization is preparing a new team to find the source of the covid pandemic, in an attempt to "reset" its stalled efforts. In other news, the mysterious Havana Syndrome is reported to have affected at least five families connected to the U.S. embassy in Colombia.
The company says more cancer patients taking CRISPR Therapeutics' off-the-shelf CAR-T cell therapy had complete remissions than found in the drug's initial study results. In other innovation news, the FDA has approved the first smartwatch for both blood oxygen and ECG monitoring.
Best Buy is reportedly expanding its push into the health care sector. In other news, AmeriHealth Caritas enters the ACA exchange; med tech firm Olympus may have been hit by a cyber attack; deaths in an Illinois VA nursing home are linked to ignoring covid guidelines, and more.
Some Parent's Choice Rice baby cereal products, sold only at Walmart, are being recalled after higher-than-acceptable levels of arsenic were found during a random testing process. Also: Breast cancer patients are reportedly using marijuana to manage symptoms, but not telling their doctors.
Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi stressed that the final package would still be “transformative,” NBC reported. She said members of her caucus are trying to keep all of the original programs — such as universal pre-K and home health care — but that the number of years of guaranteed funding would have to be pared back.
The Supreme Court considered whether the Kentucky attorney general, a Republican, would be allowed to defend his state’s ban on some forms of abortion after two courts found it unconstitutional. As Politico reports, the decision could extend beyond abortion to covid mandates, gun laws and election results.
Here's the breakdown: New York City can continue to require proof of inoculation to enter restaurants, gyms and clubs; New York City teachers were again rebuffed in their attempt to seek a religious or medical exemption; and health care workers must be allowed a religious exception.
Timothy Broglio, archbishop for the military services, has said that covid shots are morally acceptable, but Tuesday he said troops could refuse it on religious grounds. Meanwhile, President Biden's mandate for larger businesses took one step closer to becoming reality.
IBM, American Airlines and Southwest Airlines will follow President Biden's mandate. However, Southwest CEO Gary Kelly made it clear he wasn't happy about it.
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