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Early today, Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics asked the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use approval for molnupiravir, meaning it may become the first oral antiviral treatment for covid. News outlets cover the story behind the drug's progress and more.
And Texas clinics and doctors that performed abortions outlawed by the state's near-total ban during the two days a block was in effect last week could now face lawsuits. Meanwhile, the legal challenges continue as calls grow for the Supreme Court to step in and finally settle the case.
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Reports in Politico say that although the Biden administration is pressing Moderna to increase international donations of its covid vaccine next year, the company is "resisting." Meanwhile, Stat reports on the failings of the international COVAX effort to get shots to people around the globe.
California is the first state to ban the act, making it a civil offense to remove a condom without a partner's consent. Lead risk inspectors in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; North Carolina child care; frontline worker bonuses in Kentucky; and green investments from covid relief funds are also in the news.
The athletes are accused of pocketing millions of dollars collectively after defrauding the league's health and welfare benefit plan by claiming fictitious expenses. Meanwhile, The Washington Post reports on a Drug Enforcement Administration investigation into an NFL medicine director.
AbbVie had alleged Alvotech had recruited a former employee who then transferred data about its best-selling Humira treatment. In other news, the Food and Drug Administration halted trials by Allogene Therapeutics for its CAR-T cell therapy after a blood cancer patient had chromosome issues.
The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs and the University of Chicago’s Pearson Institute poll found that about 75% of people think foreign governments spread less misinformation. Axios reports that despite a promise to ban harmful vaccine content, YouTube still allows lots to stay online.
With the latest court stay on enforcement of Texas' near-total abortion ban, some clinics have resumed procedures. But as the challenges work through the judicial system, health providers that do so could face potential future legal jeopardy.
A former Veterans Affairs employee alleged he told managers of "pallets" full of unopened mail last year in Atlanta — likely containing thousands of personal medical records and checks meant for medical providers. Separately, controversial Palantir Technologies won a big contract with the VA.
Naples Daily News reports on the financial hit taken by Florida hospitals trying to cover covid-burnout staff shortages by hiring temporary nursing staff at high rates. Burnout, "exploitative" hospital contracts, a pay rise controversy in LSU Health Sciences Center and more are also reported.
In November 2019, then-President Donald Trump made an unpublicized trip to Walter Reed Medical Center. His staff kept the nature of the visit strictly guarded but a new book confirms that it was a colonoscopy. The former White House aide also relates that Trump skipped anesthesia to avoid even temporarily relinquishing presidential powers to then-Vice President Mike Pence.
What programs should get cut from the $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill and whether changes should be made permanent are among the negotiating points. And Politico reports on a warning from Big Tobacco lobbyists regarding the impact of a cigarette tax hike. Meanwhile, lawmakers punt the debt-limit fight to December.
The Biden admin had said it would use grants to cover pay withheld from school board members imposing mask mandates the state deems violate a ban. Now Florida says it will hold back equivalent sums if grants reach the school systems. News outlets report on mask, vaccine rules elsewhere.
The seven-day case average has declined 12% over the past two weeks, Fox News reports. But in Utah, more residents have now died of coronavirus than the total number of those who died in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Of the 6.7 million shots given from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, nearly 2.7 million were booster shots, nearly 2 million were first doses and nearly 2 million were second doses, NBC News reports.
In remarks during a Chicago trip Thursday, President Joe Biden pressed more private-sector businesses to institute covid shot requirements: "They’re lifesaving, they’re game-changing for our country." Earlier in the day, the White House released a report on the role mandates have played on driving up vaccination rates.
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