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Compounded by the covid pandemic, America's drug epidemic killed more people in 2020 than any other year, with deaths jumping nearly 30% over the previous year. Public health experts call the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "historic," "unprecedented" and "a complete shame."
Total enrollment has reached all-time highs since the Biden administration reopened the Affordable Care Act marketplaces on Feb. 15. About 1.2 million enrolled through healthcare.gov while 600,000 signed up on state exchanges.
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It's the fourth straight win for Arlington in the annual American Fitness Index from the American College of Sports and Medicine and the Anthem Foundation. Separately, critics oppose a $641 million settlement over the lead water crisis in Flint, Michigan.
After President Emmanuel Macron urged immediate vaccination to save the summer vacation season and economy, over 1 million people booked shots in less than a day. Meanwhile, London's mayor says masks will remain mandatory on public transport after unlocking.
The state's attorney general said he'd oppose a plan for Purdue Pharma to enter bankruptcy because it might lead to lower settlement payments from the opioid crisis. Meanwhile, Maine's governor will host another summit about the epidemic.
The untreated sewage was discharged into the ocean off Los Angeles' beaches, but officials waited hours before warning the public not to swim in affected water. Texas' cold wave, wildfire smoke and toxins from fireworks are also in the news.
As a former top health official in West Virginia, Dr. Rahul Gupta has a lot of experience dealing with the opioid epidemic -- a top issues facing the nation's next head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. Separately, President Joe Biden is expected to nominate Atul Gawande as assistant administrator of USAID’s Bureau for Global Health.
The announcement came a day after federal regulators added a warning to Johnson & Johnson's covid vaccine about a link to the rare syndrome. Other reports say the CDC is also "keenly interested" in whether vaccine boosters have a higher risk of side effects.
The Billings Gazette reports Montana's home health workers earn $10.77 an hour, below the $12 national average. Meanwhile, a new study highlights the gender pay gaps for internal medicine specialists, with women paid 90% of men's median annual salary.
Norwegian is suing Florida's surgeon general over the state's ban on vaccine passports; Carnival is requiring unvaccinated passengers to buy travel insurance, which will increase the price of a cruise by up to $200 per person.
The state Department of Health is stopping all of its vaccine outreach, not just for covid-19 vaccines, internal documents show, amid pressure from Republican state lawmakers. The decision comes directly from Health Commissioner Dr. Lisa Piercey, the internal report states.
Exhausted public officials and health workers in states like Missouri, Arkansas, Georgia, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming and California are regrouping to treat a surge of new covid patients.
The Supreme Court justice rejected a "long shot" case from a man who argued his generalized anxiety disorder prevented him wearing a mask. Separately, the largest union of registered nurses asked the CDC to again recommend that everyone wear masks in public.
Mississippi's health officer said Tuesday that two of seven hospitalized children were on ventilators. He urged all people 12 and older to get vaccinated — a message being repeated by public officials across the nation as the highly transmissible delta variant drives up new U.S. covid cases.
Stagnating vaccination rates, the domination of the delta variant and summer festivities are blamed for the troubling trend. Increasing hospitalizations are following, with some facilities in hot spots already struggling.
If it passes -- a huge if, since it is entwined with the companion infrastructure package and depends on Democrats remaining unified -- the reconciliation package would expand dental, vision and hearing coverage for seniors. The budget also includes many other measures aimed at improving so-called "human infrastructure."
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