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Ahead of meetings Thursday and Friday of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine advisory panel, documents were released by agency scientists reviewing the case for the half-dose booster shot suggested by Moderna.
Some covid misinformation suggests covid vaccines can cause infertility (not true), but now research says the disease itself carries that risk, both to women and men. Separately, research finds babies born to women who were covid-positive are significantly more likely to have health issues.
At the same time that the Food and Drug Administration eyes regulations on the vaping industry to curtail youth addiction, the agency has approved three Vuse products, saying that "the potential benefit to smokers who switch completely or significantly reduce their cigarette use, would outweigh the risk to youth."
CNN reports broadly declining national trends for covid infections but notes that the new case rate among children remains not just high but "exceptionally high." The Salt Lake Tribune reports that 3,000 Utahns have now succumbed to the disease, with more younger patients dying than before.
The country's land borders to Mexico and Canada have been mostly closed to international non-essential visits since March 2020, but that will change next month. Travelers will have to be fully vaccinated, however. The exact date for the reopening is yet to be decided.
Draft guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends against people over 60 taking a low-dose or baby aspirin daily. The panel urges all to check with their doctor before stopping, as some — especially younger age groups — may still benefit from an aspirin regimen.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the flu is more deadly as a child in America if you are Black, Hispanic or Native American. Meanwhile, reports show that the frequent moves of military postings lead military teens to have higher levels of anxiety and depression.
A parliamentary report into the U.K.'s early responses to the pandemic says delaying lockdowns and not prioritizing social care led to thousands of avoidable deaths. Meanwhile, as Russia's Vladimir Putin coughs his way through a televised meeting, he insists it's just a cold, not covid.
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According to Modern Healthcare, the American Society of Anesthesiologists says the insurer is canceling contracts at least six months ahead of time, leaving anesthesiologists out of network and paid a fraction of the rates they once received, the group's president says. The group wants the Justice Department to investigate.
Meanwhile, a study hints a generic drug used to treat hypertension and heart failure may also help prevent brain damage in Alzheimer's sufferers. Separately, patient backlash over tobacco company Philip Morris' purchase of asthma drugmaker Vectura in the U.K. may hurt sales.
In two separate lawsuits, the parents say their school districts failed to protect their children by refusing to implement covid mitigation strategies recommended by the CDC.
News outlets report on Merck's covid antiviral pill, monoclonal antibody treatments from AstraZeneca and other efforts by drugmakers to combat the pandemic. Also in the news: boosters may complicate efforts to persuade vax-hesitant people; nursing home vaccine rates; approving booster shots; and more.
Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals voted 96% to move forward with a strike. News outlets report on other worker and strike matters in health care systems across the country.
With his executive order Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, reversed his previous position that employers should have the choice to require employees to be vaccinated for covid.
But Michigan Medicine still hasn't worked out how to negotiate a covid vaccine mandate for its staff. In Los Angeles, LAUSD has had to extend the deadline for its vaccine mandate until Nov. 15. And CNN reports on worries mandates will deepen a staffing crisis in Memphis, Missouri.
The Biden administration argues that the law — that bans most abortions — is unconstitutional due to its enforcement provisions. "If Texas’s scheme is permissible, no constitutional right is safe from state-sanctioned sabotage of this kind,” the Justice Department wrote. Meanwhile, Texas Republicans say the feds have no legal standing in the case.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, declines to defend a state law banning a common abortion procedure used in the second-trimester -- which has been blocked as unconstitutional in court. Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron wants the Supreme Court justices to allow him to do so.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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