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The need to implement "crisis standards of care" has been a covid pandemic dread -- and is now a tragic reality for many hospitals in hard-hit areas. So how are such hard decisions made? And another consequence of an overwhelmed health care system: canceled elective surgeries delay necessary care for non-covid patients.
"We're not going to solve this crisis with half-measures or middle-of-the-road ambitions," President Joe Biden said at a virtual vaccine summit he convened Wednesday, where he announced the U.S. purchase of an additional 500 doses of Pfizer's covid shot to share with poorer nations. Other strategies for ending the pandemic were discussed.
Vaccine mandates and burnout are causing major worker shortages at hospitals and long-term care facilities. In other news, the Mormon Church will require masks in temple; TD Garden in Boston will require jabs to enter; Idaho lawmakers seek ways to nullify the vaccine mandate; and more.
The study was one of the first to measure antibody levels in umbilical cord blood to distinguish it from immunity from an infection, Bloomberg reports.
The Food and Drug Administration granted on Wednesday its emergency authorization to administer third doses of the Pfizer covid vaccine to Americans who are 65 or older or at high risk, like health care workers and teachers. Next steps before rollout starts include day two of a meeting of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers.
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Through the end of last week, Arizona had reported 123 cases of West Nile Virus, which is spread by mosquitos, and four deaths. Meanwhile, the New Orleans Times-Picayune reports on alerts about mosquito-, fly- and vermin-borne illness risks as the local trash pickup crisis continues.
The country will become the second in Africa to offer boosters. Thailand, meanwhile, said its studies of combination inoculations showed best results for a second-shot dose of Pfizer's vaccine after a Sinovac or AstraZeneca first shot. China, Japan, Germany and Russia are also in the news.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Health News Florida covers efforts by local hospital administrators to deal with nursing shortages. Separately, reports say the gap between health insurer CEO pay and that of regular employees has narrowed. Dignity Health, Walgreens Boots, Johns Hopkins Bayview and more are also in the news.
The Wall Street Journal reports on studies using Apple's devices, including sensors in Apple Watch, that examine neurological or mood disorders and could lead to new tools to help sufferers. Separately, slow sales of Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm push maker Biogen to look at cost-cutting.
CNN reports on a new study that found higher levels of white matter hyperintensities, indicative of blood flow disruption, in brain scans of women who'd been sexually assaulted earlier in life. Separately, studies show the U.S. birth rate may have bounced back from pandemic-induced lows.
The House unanimously passed a bill to aid sufferers of the mysterious Havana Syndrome, sending it next to the president's desk. But news outlets report that some diplomats and staff affected by the brain-injuring syndrome are facing skepticism when they describe the effects.
The Wall Street Journal reports on an investigation from Office of Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services that also determined that half of that money went to 20 insurers. Other Medicare and Medicaid developments are also in today's news.
A bill called the "Women's Health Protection Act," which advanced in the House Tuesday, aims to respond to restrictive laws enacted in the states. But even if it were to pass, the legislation is unlikely to progress in the Senate. Meanwhile, another Texas law now bans abortion-inducing drugs after seven weeks.
As Democrats scramble to salvage President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, outlined in dual spending packages, House leaders plan a showdown vote on a drug pricing measure that has held up progress. Meanwhile, lawmakers are staring over the edge of a fiscal cliff with a debt ceiling stalemate and threat of a partial governement shutdown.
The investigation comes amid a legal back-and-forth on preventing public schools from mandating face coverings for students. Other mask news is from Kentucky, Michigan, Georgia, Iowa, California and Pennsylvania.
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