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Nanobodies are similar to antibodies, but are smaller, simpler and produced naturally in llamas and camels when they suffer infections. A llama called Fifi is the source of a promising new covid therapy. Meanwhile, a drug already approved to treat gout may also be useful against covid.
The most likely scenario, NPR reported, is that kids get the vaccine and overall deaths in the U.S. will fall to fewer than 100 a day by March. For now, though, deaths are averaging more than 1,900 a day.
If there's a risk to quality of care in the case of a health worker's absence, the state's Department of Health has decided they can still work even if unvaccinated — a change to its vaccine mandate policy. In North Carolina, Novant Health says it suspended "hundreds" of staff for flouting vaccine rules.
On Friday, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel argued against broad rollouts for covid boosters. Meanwhile, reports say the race gap in vaccination in the U.S. may be bigger than previously thought. Efforts to persuade the unvaxxed, the spread of covid misinfo and more are also reported.
The White House is convening a virtual vaccine summit today with global leaders and health officials. President Joe Biden is expected to announce that the U.S. will buy 500 million additional Pfizer doses to donate to other countries, according to sources, and will urge well-off nations to share more. One notable absence at the event will be Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Joe Biden spoke before the United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, pledging a diplomatic focus in his foreign policy and asking world leaders to join together to tackle crisis facing all nations: "We must work together as never before."
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USA Today reports that for kids ages 11 and younger, gun violence deaths in 2020 were up 50% over the year before. Overall numbers for children were also up for 2021 so far. Separately, the source of a salmonella outbreak affecting more than 125 people across 25 states remains unknown.
India had stopped exports during a massive surge in covid cases in April. Meanwhile, Thailand's efforts to vaccinate kids ages 12 to 18 is making headway; Africa's HIV issues during the pandemic are reported; a German man was accused of murder over a face mask dispute; and more.
The Mississippi Clarion Ledger reports on which underlying conditions were involved in covid deaths in the state, with other cardiovascular issues and diabetes in second and third place. Deaths at Rikers Island jail, Colorado's obesity rates and more are also in the news.
Stat reports a Senate committee signaled it is willing to expand a proposal to penalize pharmaceutical companies that hike drug prices at a quicker rate than inflation. Other news from Capitol Hill covers the Patent Office's role in generics and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine.
Hospitals that were acquired into larger health systems were associated with greater reductions in mortality for conditions like heart failure, stroke and pneumonia compared to facilities that remained independent, Modern Healthcare reports.
The procedure to implant the heart made by Carmat was performed at the UofL Health-Jewish Hospital. Although the surgery was the third in the U.S., it's a first for the device maker: a female recipient. Beyondspring's lung cancer study, Illumina's Grail acquisition and bad drug ads are also in the news.
In a direct challenge to Roe v. Wade, Mississippi will ask the Supreme Court justice to uphold its law that bans most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. Abortion and family planning news is also reported from Missouri and New Hampshire.
The Dallas Morning News covers deeper restrictions on abortions in Texas signed by Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, in addition to the recent controversial "heartbeat" law. The Washington Post reports "broad" majorities of Americans oppose that law and the Supreme Court's reaction to it.
News outlets report that heat is now the leading weather-related cause of death in the U.S., which is why the president is taking action with a plan that includes new workplace safety rules to prevent deaths and illnesses from extreme heat and heat-related events caused by climate change.
The Biden administration unveiled a new campaign dubbed "House America" that aims to fight the growing wave of Americans without stable housing. News outlets also cover efforts to tackle that crisis in California. Other administration news reports on Afghanistan evacuees, Havana syndrome and HHS' pandemic response.
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