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Separately, a study found that breast cancer screening rates dropped during the pandemic, with minorities and uninsured people most affected. Air quality alerts from hazardous wildfire smoke and rates of suicidal thoughts in veterans are also in the news.
GM will require its salaried workers to disclose their vaccination status; the NFL is seriously weighing a vaccine mandate for players; more hospitals say yes to mandates; most Green Card applicants must show proof of vaccination; and more.
The editors of this newsletter wouldn't even hazard a guess as to how many times we've written a variation of this headline, yet 18 months into the pandemic, the battles over face coverings continue to flare in most states.
The largest real-world analysis of "natural" immunity shows a previous covid infection may protect more against the delta strain than the two-dose Pfizer vaccine. Separately, data show blood clot risks from covid outweigh clotting risks from vaccines.
The ICER will examine efficacy of Regeneron's casirivimab and imdevimab, GSK's monoclonal antibody treatment sotrovimab and other drugs. Meanwhile, WMFE reports on how Florida's monoclonal antibody treatment sites aren't being used to their full capacity.
A 6-3 majority of Supreme Court justices blocked the latest eviction mortarium from the Biden administration, saying in an unsigned opinion that it is up to Congress, not the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to extend such a federal ban.
Oregon hospitals are in crisis with an overwhelming number of patients. State leaders have deployed the National Guard and crisis teams to try to help while doctors report dire conditions: "We have patients waiting to get onto life support." Surging covid cases in Hawaii also prompted its governor to plead with tourists to stay home.
The academic year is only weeks old for 19 states but so far thousands of kids have already missed some school to isolate or quarantine due to covid infections or exposure. Yet, school districts in different regions are taking vastly different approaches to protective measures. Meanwhile, pediatricians are under pressure from some parents to administer off-label vaccinations to their children.
Abbott Laboratories, which ramped down its production of its BinaxNOW test earlier this summer, said supplies will be limited in the next few weeks as it hires workers and reboots factory lines.
While there are some signs that the pace of delta-driven infections may be slowing in the U.S., health experts urge Americans to mask, maintain physical distance and get vaccinated to cut projected covid deaths in half for the rest of this year. Disappearing case data and regional outbreaks are also in the news.
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Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Opinion writers delve into these covid and vaccine issues.
Editorial writers tackle Aduhelm approval, abortion rights and more public health issues.
Air quality in Nevada is the worst on record and the Reno area is reported to be "thick with brown smoke" -- as is air near Lake Tahoe. In other public health news, a law preventing shackling of pregnant people in North Carolina's jails advances and three members of Maryland's governor's team are covid positive.
The New York Times reports on a number of criticisms that the plan to be the world's "arsenal" for covid shots is facing, including spending only 1% of the money set aside to ramp up production. Meanwhile, Japan struggles with contaminated Moderna shots and over-full hospitals.
Last year a record 194 million flu shots were delivered to the U.S. from manufacturers like Sanofi and GSK, and FiercePharma reports that the drugmakers are anticipating similar levels this year as delta covid continues to be a problem. Supplies are not expected to be a problem, the makers say.
President Joe Biden was briefed yesterday by intelligence officials on the 90-day review he had ordered. Before anything has even been released to the public, China criticized the investigation as "propaganda." Meanwhile, a group of scientists warn that time is running out to get the necessary data to truly pinpoint the source of the coronavirus that sparked the global pandemic.
The Puppies Assisting Wounded Servicemembers for Veterans Therapy Act, signed Wednesday, is a pilot program to help veterans dealing with PTSD. Facial recognition, Trump's mental health, nicotine use, salmonella outbreaks and pregnancy risks for Black women are also in the news.
The resulting $3 billion company will be called Headspace Health. Meanwhile, Intermountain Healthcare will boost its minimum wage for clinical and nonclinical workers to $15. HCA Healthcare in Nashville, Florida Blue and the overuse of arbitration in surprise billing are also in the news.
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