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Major climate-driven natural disasters -- once rare -- should now be considered the norm and will get worse, according to a United Nations report. World leaders are urged to take steps to mitigate the human toll.
"I hope that it will be within the next few weeks," Dr. Anthony Fauci says of an expected Food and Drug Administration decision to grant full approval to Pfizer's covid shot. When it comes, Fauci expects many businesses and schools will quickly require vaccinations.
The Wall Street Journal reports on surging sales of counterfeit covid vaccine cards online in the U.S. and in Europe. Also, celebrity vaccine endorsements, covid boosters, menstrual changes from covid shots and more.
More than 200 protesters showed up Saturday at a Dallas medical center, protesting the ever-growing list of medical systems that are mandating covid vaccines. On Friday in Wisconsin, the state Senate President Chris Kapenga argued health care workers should "stand up" to such mandates.
In a nearly 60-page ruling, a federal judge said Norwegian Cruise Line successfully "demonstrated that public health will be jeopardized if it is required to suspend its vaccination requirement.” Other news is on Florida's covid surge and the debate over masks in schools.
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Sunday he'd made an error signing an April bill that banned mask mandates, and on Friday a judge temporarily halted the law. On Thursday, Arkansas was reported to have only 36 intensive care beds free. News outlets report on other mask rules elsewhere.
Hospitalizations are up, forcing some health systems to raise alarms over capacity, as new U.S. daily covid cases soared over 100,000 -- a level not seen in six months. Austin, Texas, was reported to have only six ICU beds available Saturday, to serve a city of 2.4 million people.
Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that covid circulating among unvaccinated people could mutate to form an even more infectious or deadly version of the virus than delta, including variants that defeat vaccines. Research on delta, covid reinfections and more are also in the news.
In related news, Randi Weingarten, the head of the American Federation of Teachers, now says vaccines should be required for teachers.
U.S. citizens are again welcome to visit our neighbor to the north, if they have received the full vaccine course of one of the four shots approved by Canada. Officials warn of travel delays as the new public health measures go into effect Monday.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Opinion writers weigh in on the delta variant, vaccine mandates and vaccine hesitancy.
Editorial pages cover these various public health issues.
Researchers looked at long-term pain patients trying to taper their doses and found a greater risk of mental health crisis and overdose. A separate analysis shows how opioid use across the U.S. varies by insurance coverage, with men and employed adults less likely to be prescribed.
"People shouldn’t be living out in the streets and sidewalks … and the notion that until everything is perfect, we can’t do anything [about encampments], I completely reject," Gov. Gavin Newsom told the Los Angeles Times on Thursday.
U.S.-based Novavax said yesterday it's asked regulators in India, Indonesia and the Philippines for emergency approval of its covid vaccine. Separately, China announced it will export 2 billion vaccine doses this year, and pay $100 million to the WHO-backed Covax program.
Plans for a Thursday vote were scuttled as debate over amendments extended late into the night. Earlier in the day, the Congressional Budget Office confirmed Republican complaints that the bill is not paid for and would add to the deficit. The CBO score also noted that payments to Medicare providers would take a hit.
Stat reports on a recent federal appeals court ruling about how generic drug makers can market their products. Modern Healthcare, meanwhile, reports on how health insurers allegedly use biologic shortage to boost biosimilars. Junk DNA, audits, PPE and FEMA are also in the news.
Gov. Phil Murphy plans to announce today that students in New Jersey will have to wear masks when public schools open, due to covid surges. In a speech Wednesday, he angrily lashed out at anti-mandate protesters, pointing out that 80% of recent positive tests were among the unvaccinated.
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