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The Justice Department announced a change Tuesday, barring FBI, DEA and U.S. Marshals Service law enforcement officials from using "chokeholds and carotid restraints," as well as no-knock warrants, unless they think doing so would save them from death or serious injury.
Three moderate House Democrats object to the plan to allow Medicare to broadly negotiate drug prices. Their opposition leaves the future path uncertain for major health policy measures Democrats aimed to include in the massive social safety-net spending package. And for more on the drug-pricing legislation, scroll down to today's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
According to new Census Bureau data, the official poverty rate rose slightly to 11.4% last year. But that rate fell to 9.1% when taking into account pandemic stimulus aid and unemployment benefits. The uninsured population also rose slightly.
According to Census Bureau findings released Tuesday, 8.6% of Americans were uninsured for all of 2020. In 2019, 8% of people were uninsured during the full year; in 2018, it was 8.5%. Other coverage news related to Medicare and Medicaid is also reported.
Estimates from the Senior Citizens League say older Americans could get a cost-of-living increase of around 6% next year--the largest jump in 40 years. Separately, experts warn that covid-based tax collecting shortfalls mean full Social Security benefits may now have to be cut back in 2033 instead of 2034.
The Justice Department requested that a federal judge temporarily block the new Texas abortion restrictions while its lawsuit against the state proceeds.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers tackle these public health issues.
The foundation's fifth annual Goalkeeper report notes the covid pandemic reversed efforts to eliminate poverty globally. Separately, The New York Times reports that a million Afghan children are at risk of starvation. In other news, the U.K. will offer vaccines to kids ages 12 and up.
Opinion writers discuss covid, vaccines and vaccine mandates.
Case reports in animals and humans have seen residents in at least eight states warned over West Nile Virus over the last week. CBS news reports recent high temperatures and storms have created a "breeding ground" for mosquitos. Mental health, anxiety and marijuana use are also in the news.
The Philadelphia Inquirer covers efforts to combat opioid deaths in Philadelphia, noting new advice that racism, childhood trauma and the pandemic must factor into city Health Department plans. Separately, reports say Seattle police have intervened in fewer mental health calls under a new approach.
A lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York claims Aetna's infertility treatment coverage rules lead to LGBTQ patients paying tens of thousands of dollars, while heterosexual couples face no cost. Other health care industry news is from Maryland, Vermont, Montana, Louisiana and elsewhere.
In the U.S. the seven-day average number of infections, as well as hospitalizations, are starting to fall. Yet groups like the American Academy of Pediatrics are very concerned by the 240% jump in cases of children getting covid since July, especially as more return to school.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services proposes to repeal a regulation enacted during the Trump administration that requires Medicare to pay for any medical device classified as "breakthrough" technology by the Food and Drug Administration.
Nicholas, which made landfall about 1:30 a.m. Tuesday along the Texas coast as a Category 1 hurricane, was downgraded to a tropical storm just hours later. The Houston Chronicle reports on how local hospitals braced for Nicholas despite being close to capacity with covid patients.
Some public health experts worry that the fiery rhetoric over the new federal covid vaccine requirements will threaten other common school and military mandates for inoculation against other viruses.
At a rally Monday in support of Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, President Joe Biden said, “The decision you’re going to make isn’t just going to have a huge impact on California, it’s going to reverberate around the nation, and quite frankly, not a joke, around the world."
Reports say "millions" of dollars in fines could be levied against local governments in Florida under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' plan to oppose efforts to mandate protection for staff. Separately, two Florida hospitals are worried over staffing for President Joe Biden's vaccine push.
A federal judge issued a temporary order blocking a law banning Iowa schools from requiring masks. In Kentucky, the governor noted school-age children are catching covid faster than any other group and urged schools to mask-up. And a battle in a Florida county over mask rules also covers stimulus money.
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