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Lawmakers voiced bipartisan anger over evidence that Facebook continues to use its platforms, especially Instagram, to capture younger users despite internal research detailing increased risk of suicide, depression and eating disorders. Media outlets report on the key takeaways from former Facebook employee Frances Haugen's testimony before a Senate panel Tuesday.
Ellume was the first company to get Food and Drug Administration authorization to sell home-testing covid kits in consumer retail outlets like Walmart. Meanwhile, deaths from covid in the U.S. this year have already surpassed 2020's figure, but hospitalization rates are reported down.
On Tuesday, Idaho Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin, a Republican, banned vaccine "passports" while the governor was out of state. Meanwhile, Florida is trying to block federal reimbursements for school districts that support mask mandates, and Arizona is trying to give its federal pandemic funds to schools without mask mandates.
Health systems are reporting ranges of 0.5% up to 2% of workforce departures for failing to obey covid vaccine requirements: the University of Colorado health system says it fired 119 employees; Kaiser Permanente suspended over 2,200 workers; and 400 Henry Ford Health System employees have quit. And in California, the mandate now also covers disability aides.
UCHealth’s controversial rules for transplant patients who have not gotten covid vaccines are in the spotlight. Meanwhile, Louisiana's largest nonprofit health system Oschner Health says it will charge employees an extra $200 a month to insure their unvaccinated partners or spouses.
Johnson & Johnson says that adult Americans who received their covid shot should get a booster, although it did not provide the Food and Drug Administration with specifics on timing since the initial dose. It's expected that the FDA will consider the request, as well as Moderna's, this month. News outlets report on other aspects of the vaccine rollout, as well.
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Five months after Republican Gov. Mike Parson unsuccessfully tried to block Medicaid expansion in Missouri, coverage for about 275,000 adults begins. In other news, California is set to impose a new 12.5% vaping tax to discourage teenagers from using e-cigarettes.
Meanwhile, health authorities in the E.U. have approved booster shots of Pfizer's vaccine for people 18 and older, with Moderna boosters for immunocompromised patients. Reports say Guatemalan villagers held a team of vaccine nurses hostage, and in Japan, a dip in covid rates can't be explained.
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Modern Healthcare notes the roughly $8.1 billion figure is a record for this particular sector of the health industry, and was up 5% on the previous quarter. The GAO and MIPS, Whole Life Inc., Wellstar-United, ambulance provider Falck, and more are also in health industry news.
News outlets report on a breakthrough treating depression, where a device detected brain activity associated with depression and automatically stimulated the brain to treat symptoms. Meanwhile, e-scooter injury rates skyrocketed over the past four years.
Though the effectiveness of the Pfizer vaccine does wane, a new study says that even after six months it is very effective at preventing serious illness from covid. A different study predicts that "natural" immunity after a covid infection fades fast, and that reinfection is likely.
The at-home test from ACON Laboratories likely will double testing capacity in the next few weeks, a top FDA official said. The FDA also greenlighted a new at-home test kit for covid and influenza A/B for ages 2 and up that can be ordered by a physician.
Cancer cells from Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman, have been used in cancer research for 70 years and now the family is suing a pharmaceutical company for profiting from them, alleging they were taken without consent. News outlets report on other health and race-related issues.
CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and Giant Eagle are accused of contributing to the deadly and expensive opioid epidemic in America. The trial could set the tone for similar claims against pharmacies.
Whistleblower Frances Haugen is expected to testify today on Capitol Hill. Fox Business reports that she will detail how the social media giant faces little oversight. News outlets also report on other youth mental health issues.
All civilian workers must be fully vaccinated by Nov. 22. Separately, AP reports on new guidelines the White House has set out for federal workers to get vaccines. In New York, Northwell Health has fired 1,400 employees who refused shots.
Family planning clinics that receive federal support under the Title X program — which helps boost local facilities that serve primarily low-income women — were prohibited from referring patients for an abortion. About 1,300 clinics that left the program because of the ban could return with the Biden administration's reversal.
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