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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.
Health care employment fell for the third time this year in September, according to a report in Modern Healthcare, with around 17,000 fewer workers. Separately, hospital staff are facing such a surge in violence that they're raising the alarm. News outlets report on other health industry news, as well.
But Axios notes that the coverage can be short-lived, since Medicaid coverage ends after 60 days postpartum. Other news is on Medicaid expansion in North Carolina, the quality of Medicaid Advantage plans, the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and more.
Nearly 90% of staff and students at Michigan State University have been vaccinated against covid, but in other places, complaints of weak covid measures from educators and students seem to land with a thud at the state level. Other media outlets cover more stories about covid and schools.
Meanwhile, a new California law bans harassing people on the way to get covid shots, and experts predict covid shots for kids will be very popular.
Data assessed by The Washington Post show uneven responses within different services of the U.S. military ahead of staggered deadlines before punishments are levied against unvaccinated troops. This comes as the armed forces — and in particular the reservists — are experiencing a spike in covid deaths, almost entirely among those who have not been inoculated.
Early today, Merck and partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics asked the Food and Drug Administration for emergency use approval for molnupiravir, meaning it may become the first oral antiviral treatment for covid. News outlets cover the story behind the drug's progress and more.
There have been 5,217 pediatric cases reported through Oct. 4, and 46 children have died. Meanwhile, some hospitals are seeing "dramatic" increases in the number of kids hospitalized with covid.
"Enjoy it," Dr. Anthony Fauci tells parents and kids when discussing the relative safety of outdoor trick-or-treating this Halloween, as covid cases continue to trend downward. Even so, he urges Americans to not let down their guard because infections "bounce back."
And Texas clinics and doctors that performed abortions outlawed by the state's near-total ban during the two days a block was in effect last week could now face lawsuits. Meanwhile, the legal challenges continue as calls grow for the Supreme Court to step in and finally settle the case.
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