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Colorado and other mountain states are still dealing with overwhelmed hospitals due to the high number of covid cases there. Amd California prepares for a winter covid surge while the Surgeon General says Americans have to think about covid the way we think about flu--as a persistent threat.
Postal service and logistics firms express concern that vaccine mandates will cause delays in the supply chain and mail. And more lawsuits are filed against the federal rules. In California, state officials are examining exemptions to vaccinations granted by doctors.
Almost a million children between 5 and 11 have gotten a covid shot and health officials seem encouraged by the initial response of parents.
U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel's ruling prohibits Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, from carrying out any action against state schools that require face coverings.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Opinion writers weigh in on these covid and vaccine mandate issues.
The New York Times reports that the British government has said that all frontline health workers in the National Health Service must be vaccinated by the spring. Meanwhile, Russia and Germany report record covid numbers, and India has reached a billion shots administered.
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A state district judge is expected to hear over a dozen cases now consolidated, that were filed by doctors and abortion rights groups over the constitutionality of Texas' near-total ban on the procedure. News outlets report on other abortion news from Indiana and Massachusetts, as well as Cecily Strong's "SNL" skit.
The AP reports on what advocates say is the "eroding quality" of home care services under Pennsylvania's new managed care system. Separately, a news investigation reportedly played a role in improving EMS response times at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
The CEO of Cardinal Health blamed congestion in shipping ports and high commodities prices for causing a rise in the cost of making and distributing medical supplies. Separately, a report says private health insurers are paying "considerable" markups over Medicare rates for outpatient drugs.
The newly approved, if controversial, Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm is in the news after a patient who'd taken the medication was hospitalized for brain swelling and then died. The drug's maker Biogen is investigating if there is any link. Meanwhile, a trial finds psilocybin is useful for combatting depression.
A newly published study says researchers back in 2010 found a close cousin to the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in Cambodian bats. A fascinating French study suggests that having lingering long covid symptoms may have led participants to believe that they had COVID-19, when they did not. Other diseases, anxiety, or deconditioning related to the pandemic could be the cause of the symptoms, the study said.
The environmental impacts on health are examined: ozone in Western U.S. cities and heat worldwide. And the impact of covid on the environment. Also news on flu, food and dying vets.
Pfizer's CEO actually calls people who spread disinformation "criminals." Newsmax's White House reporter is banned from Twitter for promoting her theory that Satan has something to with the covid vaccine. And the NFL fines the Green Bay Packers and its quarterback for violating the league's covid rules. But Senator Elizabeth Warren is sued by a book publisher for criticizing covid misinformation.
They want changes on the time period of drug exclusivity and the tax treatment of rare disease drugs -- and are shelling out record lobbying dollars to influence the bill. Also, news on the Biden administration efforts to get covid vaccine to war-ravaged countries.
Warnings from Missouri and Georgia health officials and from the California governor alert people that the threat from covid has not passed.
The AP says the Occupational Safety and Health Administration doesn't have nearly enough staff to track workplace safety violations of the Biden administration's covid vaccine mandate. So it will rely on a "corps of informers" instead. Meanwhile, reports say mandates do really work.
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