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The Biden administration is clamping down on federal workers, with anti-covid guidance that includes threats of disciplinary action. Meanwhile labor advocates in Massachusetts are pushing back at the falling-away of some covid workplace protections.
The justices kicked Attorney General Ken Paxton's mask mandate challenge back to an appeals court. The decision came on the heels of the Texas Education Agency telling schools that it would not enforce Gov. Greg Abbott's order banning any requirements for face coverings while the legal proceedings play out. And school administrators must inform parents when their child is exposed to someone who tested positive for covid.
Photos that have gone viral show patients waiting for monoclonal antibody treatment at a makeshift clinic in Jacksonville, where hospitals are struggling to cope with a spike in infections.
Mississippi Republican Roger Wicker, Maine independent Angus King and Colorado Democrat John Hickenlooper say they are isolating and have mild symptoms. Other covid news is from Mississippi, Georgia, Kentucky, Alaska, Connecticut and elsewhere.
The week-over-week average of covid jabs administered jumped 31%. There's still a long way to go with only 60% of eligible Americans fully vaccinated.
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said that the agency is not anticipating that Americans will need yearly covid shots, though given the unpredictability of the virus she added: "I don't want to say never." Meanwhile, some scientists are criticizing the Biden administration’s push for covid booster shots, saying the data provided isn't compelling enough to support the move.
The Washington Post reports that an investigation is underway of emerging reports that the Moderna vaccine may carry a higher risk of the rare heart condition than the Pfizer vaccine, especially for males below the age of 30.
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Data on South Africa's case-fatality rate and excess deaths suggest 80% of the population may have had covid, making it one of the worst-hit nations. Meanwhile, the U.S. is suggesting that next month's UN General Assembly should be virtual to prevent it from becoming a superspreader.
Opinion writers tackle these covid and vaccine issues.
Modern Healthcare reports on how the pandemic has boosted efforts to roll dental checkups into normal medical appointments. SSM Health and Medica, Johnson & Johnson, Vigil Neuroscience plus Illumina and Grail are also in the news.
Officials in California plan to expand covid requirements for large indoor events to gatherings of 1,000 people or more. Separately, the San Francisco Chronicle reports on the closure of local homeless hostels. Lead risks, wildfires, nurses' pay, and medical marijuana are also in the news.
The Trump administration had sought to continue the use of chlorpyrifos on food crops, issuing a proposal to do so in December, the Hill reported. Chlorpyrifos has been linked to lower IQ, impaired working memory and negative effects on motor development.
The law prohibits a dilation-and-evacuation abortion method and requires doctors to use alternative methods, The New York Times reported. Abortion advocates say dilation and evacuation is one of the safest abortion methods in the second trimester of pregnancy.
The Sacklers made threats to withdraw from a $4.5 billion settlement payment unless they had immunity from opioid lawsuits, and Richard Sackler now says the family and OxyContin maker Purdue bear no responsibility at all for the crisis.
Reports from Louisiana, Maryland and elsewhere show large numbers of covid cases, including in children, are swamping hospital systems. But staff shortages in Mississippi are limiting how hospitals can use their facilities. Hot spots on the Gulf Coast and in Alabama are also in the news.
Though the social network hasn't shared hard numbers on how frequently vaccine misinformation is being shared, it pointed out its data says more actual vaccine uptake is happening. Meanwhile, smartphone developers are tackling the problem of proving covid vaccine status around the world.
Covid-positive Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is receiving monoclonal antibodies — not yet approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The Wall Street Journal covers sparse supply of Roche's drug tocilizumab, which Stat says is the subject of pressure from the WHO over equitable access issues.
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