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President Biden and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy pleaded with Americans to get the jab. Meanwhile, nervous stock investors — who hate uncertainty — sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a freefall yesterday; if you're still hesitant to get a covid shot, do it for your 401(k).
The Daily Beast covers Fox host Sean Hannity's plea and his declaration of belief in the "science of vaccines" ... even as he also took issue with vaccine mandates. The Hill covers other Fox hosts' similar requests, while CNN notes Fox has quietly launched its own vaccine passport.
At the start of Sunday, UF Health in Jacksonville had 86 cases. At one point Monday, the number was 126, an increase of more than 40% in just one day. News outlets around the country cover local covid spikes, with lack of vaccinations and the delta variant blamed.
President Joe Biden walked back some criticisms of Facebook over the spread of vaccine misinformation and now blames a dozen bad-actor influencers for the problem. Reports say, however, that Facebook is not sharing how many Americans actually view bad information on its platform.
U.S. District Judge Damon R. Leichty said the university's rule mandating that all staff and students get a shot was reasonable to protect public health. Meanwhile, Central Michigan University offers a scholarship vaccine lottery, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pushes back at the cruise industry.
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Nearly all covid restrictions in England lift today, but the country is suffering a covid surge that's among the world's worst. The U.K.'s health minister announced Saturday he tested positive, despite being twice-vaccinated with AstraZeneca's vaccine. The prime minister is also self-isolating.
On Sunday, Games organizers confirmed three non-Japanese athletes tested positive for covid. Separately, young tennis star Coco Gauff had to withdraw from the Games because she tested positive, too. The Wall Street Journal highlights commercial flights as a virus-spreading risk for the Olympics.
Over 20 U.S. diplomatic staff members in Vienna have reported incidents so far, echoing the mystery brain symptoms suffered in Havana recently. Separately, medical shortages are hitting Mexico, and The Guardian reports on medical staff shortages in poorer nations from the pandemic and migration.
Other public health news is on an increase in alcohol-related liver disease, the benefits of tarantula venom, how Black Americans are handling the pandemic and more.
Reports say overdose deaths in Arkansas rose by 40% in 2020. Data reported in the Cincinnati Enquirer show 1 in 12 local adults had a family member or friend who overdosed in 2020. Rhode Island has decided to combat the problem with medical staff-supervised legal injection facilities.
Axios reports though Cleveland Clinic was the first of several major medical centers to say it won't administer the controversial Alzheimer's drug, it had previously been promoting it on social media. Stat covers the complex matter of approval standards at the FDA as Aduhelm's approval continues to rankle.
The patient is hospitalized, and public health officials say there is little cause for alarm. Although they are tracing the patient's contacts to check for spread of the virus, they said mask requirements on the airplane have kept the risks low.
HHS says the money will go to hospitals in rural and underserved communities. In other news, a report on the high number of data breaches in the health industry this year, and hospitals are largely closing their retail pharmacies.
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky and former FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb make impassioned efforts to get large swaths of the country that have resisted vaccines to take the shots.
Earlier plans to cover the costs of the bill to restore the nation's roads, bridges and other structures and transportation have hit a road block with some Republican groups, and senators trying to save the deal are now looking at an effort to allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices for beneficiaries, which would save the federal government money.
Separately, former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams said easing the CDC's mask guidelines was "premature." Meanwhile, Los Angeles County's sheriff says he won't enforce the new mask mandate there.
The number of new infections is rising in all 50 states, data out Sunday revealed. USA Today also reports the moving seven-day average increased every day over the past week. News outlets across the country cover the outbreaks and rising hospitalization numbers.
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