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Clark County teachers learned their health insurance trust has no money to cover claims made before July. In other news, Washington state kills its first "murder hornet" nest; Florida hasn't spent $820 million to benefit low-income children; pushback on San Francisco's homeless plan; and more.
Pending regulatory approval, Cigna's individual and family plans will be available to customers using Affordable Care Act marketplaces in Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania and elsewhere. In other news, a nursing shortage in California is reportedly at "crisis point."
2020's all-time overdose death peak in New Mexico included a nearly 129% year-on-year growth in fentanyl-related deaths. Meanwhile, California shelved a bill that had proposed decriminalizing some psychedelic drugs. Philadelphia's injection site and the Sackler family are also in the news.
Electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products from three manufacturers were blocked by the Food and Drug Administration, in what industry watchers view as the start of a potentially large shake up of the marketplace. News outlets report on what it may mean for other companies like Juul.
Business owners who hired nonviolent offenders who were allowed to serve time at home during the pandemic are asking the Justice Department to allow prisoners to continue doing so. Other Biden administration news focuses on other areas of its covid response.
Separately, a study found that breast cancer screening rates dropped during the pandemic, with minorities and uninsured people most affected. Air quality alerts from hazardous wildfire smoke and rates of suicidal thoughts in veterans are also in the news.
GM will require its salaried workers to disclose their vaccination status; the NFL is seriously weighing a vaccine mandate for players; more hospitals say yes to mandates; most Green Card applicants must show proof of vaccination; and more.
The editors of this newsletter wouldn't even hazard a guess as to how many times we've written a variation of this headline, yet 18 months into the pandemic, the battles over face coverings continue to flare in most states.
A 6-3 majority of Supreme Court justices blocked the latest eviction mortarium from the Biden administration, saying in an unsigned opinion that it is up to Congress, not the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to extend such a federal ban.
The largest real-world analysis of "natural" immunity shows a previous covid infection may protect more against the delta strain than the two-dose Pfizer vaccine. Separately, data show blood clot risks from covid outweigh clotting risks from vaccines.
The ICER will examine efficacy of Regeneron's casirivimab and imdevimab, GSK's monoclonal antibody treatment sotrovimab and other drugs. Meanwhile, WMFE reports on how Florida's monoclonal antibody treatment sites aren't being used to their full capacity.
Oregon hospitals are in crisis with an overwhelming number of patients. State leaders have deployed the National Guard and crisis teams to try to help while doctors report dire conditions: "We have patients waiting to get onto life support." Surging covid cases in Hawaii also prompted its governor to plead with tourists to stay home.
Abbott Laboratories, which ramped down its production of its BinaxNOW test earlier this summer, said supplies will be limited in the next few weeks as it hires workers and reboots factory lines.
The academic year is only weeks old for 19 states but so far thousands of kids have already missed some school to isolate or quarantine due to covid infections or exposure. Yet, school districts in different regions are taking vastly different approaches to protective measures. Meanwhile, pediatricians are under pressure from some parents to administer off-label vaccinations to their children.
While there are some signs that the pace of delta-driven infections may be slowing in the U.S., health experts urge Americans to mask, maintain physical distance and get vaccinated to cut projected covid deaths in half for the rest of this year. Disappearing case data and regional outbreaks are also in the news.
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Last year a record 194 million flu shots were delivered to the U.S. from manufacturers like Sanofi and GSK, and FiercePharma reports that the drugmakers are anticipating similar levels this year as delta covid continues to be a problem. Supplies are not expected to be a problem, the makers say.
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