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Draft guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force now recommends against people over 60 taking a low-dose or baby aspirin daily. The panel urges all to check with their doctor before stopping, as some — especially younger age groups — may still benefit from an aspirin regimen.
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A parliamentary report into the U.K.'s early responses to the pandemic says delaying lockdowns and not prioritizing social care led to thousands of avoidable deaths. Meanwhile, as Russia's Vladimir Putin coughs his way through a televised meeting, he insists it's just a cold, not covid.
A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows the flu is more deadly as a child in America if you are Black, Hispanic or Native American. Meanwhile, reports show that the frequent moves of military postings lead military teens to have higher levels of anxiety and depression.
Meanwhile, a study hints a generic drug used to treat hypertension and heart failure may also help prevent brain damage in Alzheimer's sufferers. Separately, patient backlash over tobacco company Philip Morris' purchase of asthma drugmaker Vectura in the U.K. may hurt sales.
According to Modern Healthcare, the American Society of Anesthesiologists says the insurer is canceling contracts at least six months ahead of time, leaving anesthesiologists out of network and paid a fraction of the rates they once received, the group's president says. The group wants the Justice Department to investigate.
Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals voted 96% to move forward with a strike. News outlets report on other worker and strike matters in health care systems across the country.
News outlets report on Merck's covid antiviral pill, monoclonal antibody treatments from AstraZeneca and other efforts by drugmakers to combat the pandemic. Also in the news: boosters may complicate efforts to persuade vax-hesitant people; nursing home vaccine rates; approving booster shots; and more.
In two separate lawsuits, the parents say their school districts failed to protect their children by refusing to implement covid mitigation strategies recommended by the CDC.
But Michigan Medicine still hasn't worked out how to negotiate a covid vaccine mandate for its staff. In Los Angeles, LAUSD has had to extend the deadline for its vaccine mandate until Nov. 15. And CNN reports on worries mandates will deepen a staffing crisis in Memphis, Missouri.
With his executive order Monday, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, reversed his previous position that employers should have the choice to require employees to be vaccinated for covid.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a Democrat, declines to defend a state law banning a common abortion procedure used in the second-trimester -- which has been blocked as unconstitutional in court. Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron wants the Supreme Court justices to allow him to do so.
The Biden administration argues that the law — that bans most abortions — is unconstitutional due to its enforcement provisions. "If Texas’s scheme is permissible, no constitutional right is safe from state-sanctioned sabotage of this kind,” the Justice Department wrote. Meanwhile, Texas Republicans say the feds have no legal standing in the case.
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Sydney had suffered more than 100 days of lockdown during a serious covid surge. Meanwhile, Singapore has opened its borders to vaccinated travelers from more countries, including the U.S. and U.K. Reports from Brazil say Pfizer is planning to vaccinate everyone over 12 in the Brazilian city of Toledo.
In other news, California schools will provide free menstrual products under a new law, Tennessee prisons now have a suicide prevention hotline and more.
Politico reports on Facebook's meek response after congressional pressure last week, with upcoming protections for Instagram that include content blocking and encouraging breaks. Meanwhile, reports say depression and anxieties have risen globally by over 25% during 2020.
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