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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services gave drug makers six more months to comply with a drug pricing regulation while Congress is still mulling changes in drug-pricing legislation. Air ambulance companies aren't happy about surprise billing law and are suing.
Florida's legislature makes it much harder for employers to enforce vaccine mandates. But in Idaho, its legislature failed to take similar action. Meanwhile, the NFL set news rules for players and other personnel on masking and people embarking on Disney cruises will need proof of vaccination.
Even before Thanksgiving travel kicks into high gear, covid cases — and hospitalizations — are on the upswing in more places, like New England.
With studies showing waning efficacy of initial covid vaccines, the federal government is moving closer to recommending boosters for all adults. It is behind several states that now allow them.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that more than 100,000 people in the U.S. died from a drug overdose in one year for the first time ever. Access to fentanyl — that people are sometimes unaware they are taking — and the isolation of the covid pandemic are blamed for the rise. And next year's figures are expected to be even worse.
Moderna wants all adults to get a booster with its covid vaccine. It made a formal request to the FDA, and approval may even come this week.
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Bloomberg reports that although Mexico is "behind regional peers," it's now going to give shots to teens ages 15 to 17, and some minors will even get shots in the U.S. A global push for school meals, covid peaks and restrictions in Europe, and more are also in the news.
The state's attorney general began an investigation into e-cigarette maker Puff Bar and also sued Juul Labs founders over allegations they personally were involved in marketing products to younger users. Ivermectin is also in the news again. And the District of Columbia will drop its mask requirement.
The first human trial will begin in Brigham and Women's Hospital. Also, a study says morning cups of tea and coffee could be linked with lower risk of dementia.
Automated text messages to check up on how adult covid outpatients were doing lowered the death rate by 68% compared to controls. Separately, the Infectious Diseases Society of America has provided study-based advice for PPE use by health workers.
While patients in Texas feel the immediate fallout from that state's new restrictions, California begins making plans for the influx of women from other states seeking abortions. And U.S. Catholic bishops debate giving communion to politicians who support abortion rights.
The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review found price hikes on widely used medicines during 2020 that had no new clinical evidence to justify increases. The unsubstantiated increases cost $1.67 billion in 2020. Meanwhile, Viatris' insulin biosimilar will be priced at almost the same price as established sellers.
News outlets cover the water problems in Mississippi's state capital. A worrisome smallpox sample mistake, falling U.S. premature birth numbers, an E coli outbreak and more are also reported.
Two looks at the influence politician-doctors have in Congress, including on the surprise medical bill legislation. In other news, drinking water infrastructure, ivermectin, Fauci facing threats and more.
Twelve states have filed a new lawsuit in federal court challenging President Biden's push to enforce vaccine mandates. The latest suit uses language from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocking the administration's vaccine mandate. Additional news from Florida, Idaho, New York and Texas on resistance to mandates.
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