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Around 36,000 patients may have been victims of a data breach at Austin Cancer Centers. Non-covid health visits, uninsured dentistry patients, an Intermountain/SCL merger, high-tech voice assistants in clinical care and Baltimore's health commissioner are also in the news.
Deeming it "unlawful," a watchdog within the Department of Justice moved to block a bankruptcy deal that includes protections for Purdue Pharma from future lawsuits over its role in the opioid epidemic.
House Democrats, led by Cori Bush and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have been leading the effort to improve unemployment aid, saying the system particularly impacts Black and brown communities. Separately, California is at risk of losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars of rental aid.
Meanwhile, in Oregon, 900 students and staff were quarantined after four covid cases hit one high school. In Oklahoma, reports say schools can opt into a program for free in-school covid testing, and in California, the declining number of pediatric covid cases coincided with school openings.
A federal judge tells the Biden administration that it has two weeks to halt the practice of expelling migrants with children apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border under the public health edict, known as Title 42.
Meanwhile, a poll shows that the number of vaccine-hesitant Kentuckians has fallen since March. News outlets also cover efforts to reach the unvaccinated, fake covid vaccine cards, and evidence proving no link between covid vaccines and risk of damaging fertility.
As the federal government seeks to even out distribution of monoclonal antibody treatments for covid, allotments to some states, like Florida, will be cut. Other states are reporting imminent shortages under the federal shift.
Webster's Dictionary defines "cult" as "great devotion to a person, idea, object, movement or work."
ProPublica covers the terrifying situation that happened in a crowded Florida emergency room. Meanwhile, a Texas children's hospital is postponing all elective surgeries due to a covid surge, Oregon hospitals delay cancer care, and other facilities report being overwhelmed due to covid.
The 1918 flu pandemic killed 675,000 people. The U.S. is on pace to reach that many covid deaths by early next week, according to The Washington Post.
Who needs a third shot of Pfizer's covid vaccine was debated by the influential Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee during today's open session. While the FDA does not have to follow the panel's recommendations, the meeting is expected to largely shape future American booster policy.
Editorial writers delve into these public health topics.
The Justice Department's motion for the restrictive law to be temporarily suspended while the case is litigated will be heard as scheduled on Oct. 1, U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman decided.
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Editorial writers weigh in on these public health issues.
Opinion writers tackle these covid and vaccine issues.
The World Health Organization says this week's 4 million global weekly cases represent the first big decline in more than two months. Meanwhile, the European Union has pledged an extra 200 million covid shots to African nations, and in China, over 1 billion people have been vaccinated.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, said other party members should "lean in" to strict covid measures since his recall victory showed Californians approve of his stance. Separately, Axios reports 26 states have limited officials' authority to make policy to protect people against covid.
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