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The poll from the University of Chicago and the Associated Press showed 7 in 10 Americans trust doctors to do the right thing either most, or all the time. Also in the news: N95 staff fit tests, real world health data, sleep tracking, anti-trust, telemedicine fraud and more.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report that 1.8 million people have signed up under healthcare.gov, while an additional 723,000 enrolled on state marketplaces.
Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem rejected a request for at least a two-month delay. Other news is on the growth of Medicare Advantage and Medicare coverage for seniors.
Fazze, a Russian advertising agency working on behalf of an unknown client, paid social media influencers to spread bad information about the Pfizer and AstraZeneca covid shots. Separately, Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene were both temporarily suspended from social media platforms for posting false covid-related information.
Following a hurricane preparedness meeting between President Joe Biden and senior FEMA officials, the White House warned of the importance of having a covid shot if people are required to evacuate during storms. Reports say vaccine rates have nearly doubled from July's figures.
President Joe Biden will meet with CEOs from United Airlines Holdings Inc. and Kaiser Permanente to encourage companies to follow their vaccine mandate lead. News outlets report on restrictions, and vaccine and mask mandates, in hospitals and elsewhere as well as some reactions they provoke.
The possibility of experiencing a serious adverse effect from the covid shots approved in the U.S. is significantly lower than the chances of severe illness, hospitalization or death from contracting covid, new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. Other studies show covid's pregnancy impact and vaccine protection against the delta variant.
The highly contagious strain of the coronavirus doesn't care about your party affiliation or how old you are, as evidenced by a spike in infections among those 12 and younger, who are not eligible for vaccination. Hospitals reported nearly 94,000 new child cases as of Aug. 5.
As Dr. Anthony Fauci voiced support for requiring teaching staff to be covid-vaccinated, reports say California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to order staff get shots or submit to regular testing to prove they're not infected. Meanwhile, outlets cover other masking and vaccine news in schools.
But there might not be much the federal government can do, President Joe Biden acknowledges. The administration is exploring ways they could use covid relief funds to financially support Florida schools require masks against the governor's orders.
A Texas state judge ruled state emergency powers cannot allow the governor to ban local mask mandates. Separately, reports say Harris County is considering suing Gov. Greg Abbott over the ban. Data from Monday shows that Texas topped 10,000 daily covid cases for the first time since February.
Gov. Ron DeSantis banned mask mandates in Florida, prompting the state school board to threaten legal action. Some parents of children with disabilities are also suing over the masking mandate ban. Meanwhile, reports say "hundreds" of ventilators are being sent to Florida.
Unlike the bipartisan vote on the $1 trillion transportation and infrastructure bill earlier in the day, senators passed 50-49 the $3.5 trillion budget plan early in the morning Wednesday. Now the ball is in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's court.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
The New York Times notes that "few" seem to be rushing to cross the newly opened Canadian border, open again for the first time since March 2020. Meanwhile, the CDC has issued highest-level travel advisories for France and Israel due to the surges in delta covid happening there.
Opinion pages examine these covid, mask and vaccine issues.
Editorial writers weigh in on these public health topics.
The New York Times reports on how fumes from the Dixie fire in California and other western wildfires are causing a "a pall of noxious smoke" in Denver, 1,100 miles east. Other news outlets cover climate change effects, low reservoir levels and water conservation efforts.
News outlets report on the investigation into a death last month in Georgia of a person who is the latest found to have melioidosis, usually a disease affecting South Asia. Prostitution, homelessness, medical marijuana, and reading and writing proficiency in Oregon are also in the news.
The window on the special enrollment period closes on Aug. 15. With millions more signing up for an Affordable Care Act plan, more insurers are joining the state marketplaces, Georgia Health News reports.
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