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As the Biden administration begins to implement new protections for consumers, the health industry prepares for the changes that will have a big impact on bills for services like childbirth care and ambulance rides.
Also in the news: sickle-cell patients, health care worker burnout, rural ambulance services, teletherapy and more.
Fox News reports on "paradigm shift" excitement over a new drug, rimegepant, that blocks migraine attacks. NPR notes that an effective new obesity drug, Wegovy, is raising questions over whether insurers will cover its over $1,000 monthly cost.
Speaking to news outlets, Dr. Anthony Fauci noted 99% of "avoidable" covid deaths last month were among unvaccinated people. He also said people should still wear masks even if vaccinated when visiting places with low vaccination rates.
“We believe the strongest clue from new, credible and peer-reviewed evidence in the scientific literature is that the virus evolved in nature," the authors wrote in the journal. The same team of scientists had last year dismissed the lab leak idea as a conspiracy theory.
The Show-Me State leads the nation with the most new cases per capita in the past 14 days.
Over 1 million in Arkansas are fully vaccinated, but on Monday the state, which is one of the most vaccine-hesitant, reported a spike in new cases over the weekend. Oklahoma's youth vaccines, mandatory shots for the army, and more are also in the news.
“Think about how far we’ve come, from silent streets to crowded parade routes waving American flags,” President Joe Biden said while touting progress against the virus during an Independence Day speech, but warned Americans that covid is not yet "vanquished."
In timing that coincides with the growing spread of the delta variant, Israel's health ministry reports more cases of covid infections and symptomatic illness in vaccinated people. The shot is still seen to be 93% percent effective in preventing hospitalizations and serious illness.
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Levels of formaldehyde at 13 times the minimum health threat level have been found in Houston neighborhoods near the busiest U.S. petrochemical port. Homelessness, California homicides and health care in Alaska's budget are also in the news.
Half of India's deaths attributed to the pandemic have happened in the past two months alone. India's outbreak of "black fungus" infections is also leaving some people blind. Meanwhile, Axios reports on a rising global threat from drug-resistant fungi.
Despite local officials' efforts to reach vulnerable people as temperatures hit historic highs in the West, the official death toll continues to rise, with hundreds more possible.
The bacterial infection is typically an issue in Southeast Asia and northern Australia. Meanwhile, Pinterest bans all weight loss ads; Boy Scouts of America reaches a sex abuse settlement deal; and a positive marijuana test threatens an athlete's Olympics.
Stat reports on how old federal rules that underpaid home medical equipment companies have combined with pandemic-era sales to impact access to devices. Digital health deals, Walgreens' foot traffic from vaccines and more are also in the news.
The new battery-free innovation is a type of "bioelectronic" device, and it proved capable of regulating mice heart rhythms in tests. Separately, a report questions the value of genetic risk scores used to select "healthy" embryos during IVF treatments.
Hundreds of pharmacists in Missouri had alleged that they were overworked and pressured to meet corporate metrics and that this had impacted the safety of filling prescriptions. Separately, Philadelphia-region nursing homes really are facing a worker shortage.
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