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Five department heads at St. Vincent's Hospital called on Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to intervene in the strike, which has been ongoing since March, citing the action for preventing patients accessing health care. Meanwhile, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing to block insurer price transparency laws.
Gamma-hydroxybutyrate is tightly regulated, but the Food and Drug Administration has now approved it as a treatment for rare cases of idiopathic hypersomnia, giving it another lease of life. Meanwhile, the Drug Enforcement Agency shut down a Texas drug company over regulation violations.
The disputed provision, which had been set to last through Aug. 31, blocked all eviction proceedings if the tenants declared that they were facing a covid-related financial or health hardship, Bloomberg reported. Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented.
Thursday saw the Dallas-Forth Worth area with only 75 staffed intensive care beds for adults, but the local Hospital Council warned there were none for children. A regional chief medical officer in Tennessee also reported there were "no beds" available as covid swamped local medical systems.
The former California governor, a Republican, left nothing on the table: "You’re a schmuck for not wearing a mask. Because you are supposed to protect your fellow Americans around you. It's just that simple.” Other news about masks is from Texas, Mississippi, Utah, Nevada, Oklahoma and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis backpedals over a threat to withhold school superintendent pay if they enforce mask rules; lawsuits mount in Texas and Arizona over school mask mandates; and Utah officials who overturned a school mask rule are accused of having "blood on their hands."
Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday denied an emergency relief request challenging Indiana University's requirement that all students and employees get the covid shot. It's the first time the Supreme Court has weighed in on a vaccine mandate during the pandemic.
San Francisco and New Orleans will require proof of vaccination to enter any inside venue, including bars and restaurants — and the Superdome, too. Meanwhile, Maine will become one of the first states to require covid shots for all hospital employees.
Nearly a third of those who work for the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as an additional 245,000 Department of Veteran Affairs staffers, contractors or volunteers, are now covered under the expanded vaccination order.
The Food and Drug Administration now recommends that Americans who have weaker immune systems can get a booster shot of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine at least 28 days after their second dose. The change does not impact people who got the Johnson & Johnson shot.
Citing Americans who skip or conserve medications because of costs, President Joe Biden urged lawmakers to include a series of measures in the $3.5 trillion budget plan under negotiation on the Hill that he says could help bring down "outrageously expensive" prescription drugs.
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A report in the Washington Post sets out some of the numbers for expired covid vaccine disposal and costs, with North Carolina alone set to dispose of nearly 1 million doses. News on covid also comes from Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Germany and more.
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Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department for Family and Protective Services to make the ruling. Meanwhile in Virginia, the Loudon County School Board controversially approved policies that expand and protect the rights of transgender students.
A study found that 67% of calories consumed by kids and adolescents in 2018 were in ultra-processed foods; the biggest jump was for ready-to-eat foods. Also: West Nile virus is found in Louisville, salmonella sickens more people and air travel sees a decline.
News outlets report on another heat wave affecting the Pacific Northwest, noting authorities have had to set up public air-conditioned cooling centers and distribute water to protect vulnerable citizens. A heat death murder in Georgia, and an air quality warning in the Bay Area are also reported.
Aetna Virtual Primary Care, the new service, available under self-funded employer plans, gives access to telemedicine and in-person care. Meanwhile, a cyberattack cost Scripps Health $113 million, and Apple aims to expand its digital health initiative, sharing more data from devices with doctors.
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