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President Joe Biden's announcement that all health care workers are required to get vaccinated may have a big impact on rural hospitals in particular. While employers also wrap their arms around the implications of new federal requirements, one group not impacted by them is retired seniors.
Though no major denomination opposes the covid vaccine -- and some are actively telling church leaders not to sign exemption forms -- more Americans are citing religion as a reason they won't get the shot. News outlets examine a host of questions surrounding religious exemptions.
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Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week's selections include stories on "smart" clothes, food labels, pregnancy, misophonia, covid and more.
Editorial pages weigh in on covid, vaccines, mandates and masking.
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Saturday marks two decades since terrorists hijacked four planes and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Thousands of survivors and first responders continue to suffer significant physical and mental health problems. And for all Americans, our grief is as fresh as the bright blue sky that belied that horrifying Tuesday.
The 72 fetal deaths in unvaccinated pregnant women in Mississippi since the start of the pandemic — only those past 20 weeks of gestation — are twice the expected background rate. Period poverty, rapid covid tests, deaths prompted by Ida, drugmaker Endo and more are also in the news.
Meanwhile, a group of 112 African and 25 international organizations says the rapid proliferation of covid variants in poorly vaccinated African states is a serious risk for worsening the pandemic. Separately, the U.K.'s recent tax hike to improve health systems is only enough for two years' support.
To push unvaccinated staff to get the vaccine, Delta imposed a monthly insurance fee of $200. It seems to have prompted 20% of the unvaccinated workforce to get the shot. Meanwhile, HCA Healthcare has said it won't mandate vaccines for its 275,000 employees.
Biogen CEO Michel Vounatsos said Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm has experienced a slower launch than anticipated because of the controversy surrounding whether it works and how it was approved. Hemophilia drugs, anti-covid drug lenzilumab, digital clinical trials and more are among other news.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said the average summer temperature was 74 degrees — beating an 85-year record, set during the Dust Bowl disaster. Covid deaths among black morticians, anti-vax books on Amazon, full stadiums at NFL games and more are also in public health news.
All children 12 and older must be fully vaccinated against covid by January. In Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis files an emergency appeal as his fight against mask mandates continues.
Moderna said Thursday that it is developing a 2-in-1 booster jab that combines the covid and flu vaccines. In other news, BioNTech says it will file its paperwork on trial results for 5- to 11-year-olds "over the next few weeks."
The Washington Post reports the University of Delaware, with special accommodations for covid-positive students filling up, told staff members they can't tell classes if a student has tested positive. Meanwhile Michigan University's vaccine mandate is blocked for 16 athletes, and other colleges struggle with different covid issues.
The 29-page plan developed by the Department of Health and Human Services backs congressional proposals to cut prescription drug costs -- including allowing Medicare to negotiate prices -- while adding on more detail about actions that federal agencies could also take to implement or build on those efforts.
Dr. Anthony Fauci noted that the current covid situation, with around 160,000 daily cases, is clearly not where the nation wants to be, and he sketched a figure of around 10,000 as a potential end goal. But he also said the country is lacking "modestly good control" in moves to suppress the virus.
Nearly half of covid clusters in North Carolina middle and high schools have been in sports teams. Over a dozen schools in Maine have reported outbreaks in the first few weeks of the semester. Montana's Yellowstone County case investigators are overwhelmed with youth cases. News outlets report on the surge among children.
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