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The window on the special enrollment period closes on Aug. 15. With millions more signing up for an Affordable Care Act plan, more insurers are joining the state marketplaces, Georgia Health News reports.
West Virginia Wesleyan College is set to charge the additional fee to unvaccinated students attending the fall semester, and if students contract covid and can't quarantine off campus, another $250 is due. Vaccine, mask mandates in schools and the pandemic's effect on kids is also in the news.
Analysis of Johns Hopkins University data also shows half of all states have reported at least 500,000 cases, with the pandemic still ongoing. Meanwhile, the battle over vaccines in Kentucky saw Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear accusing Republican leaders of putting politics over the "very lives" of Kentuckians.
Democrats released their ambitious and pricey budget blueprint Monday which includes an array of health care initiatives, including Medicare expansion. One thing the proposed legislation does not tackle is the debt ceiling.
A study in Israel showed that people who got a booster shot of Pfizer/BioNTech's covid vaccine experienced similar or fewer side effects than with the previous dose. A separate report explains how researchers are looking at intranasal delivery for future versions of covid vaccines.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has strictly banned mask mandates in the state -- forcing confrontation with school districts -- but as another wave of covid is threatening to overwhelm local hospitals, he has appealed for out-of-state help and is trying to recruit extra nursing staff.
This time last year, former President Donald Trump threatened to cut off funding for schools that didn't fully open in fall 2020. Now, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened to stop paying superintendents and school board members who call for classroom mask mandates. But at least two school districts are fighting back.
As more vaccine mandates happen in companies and government offices across the country, USA Today notes that some employers may end up passing on hundreds of dollars of extra annual insurance costs to unvaccinated staff. Masks, vaccines and travel rules are also in the news.
On advice from their medical corp and to ensure unit readiness, U.S. military leaders say they will require the covid vaccine soon after one receives full approval by the Food and Drug Administration. “Mandating vaccines in the military is not new,” wrote Army Gen. Mark Milley.
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Humanity must be prepared to coexist with covid in the long term, according to the chief of the Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Separately, a U.S. study projects that global covid deaths will reach 5.3 billion by December of this year.
Politico reports the "rash" of anti-transgender youth health access bills in at least 20 states are carried out using tactics Republicans developed to restrict abortion rights. Meanwhile a Texas Senate committee moved forward with hearings on bills against trans participation in sports and blocking medical abortion.
LiveScience reports on an unusual case of the plague in Arizona, where a man infected with the bacteria carried it for a month before being diagnosed and treated. Separately, a study links risks of liver disease with rescue workers who helped in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.
Drugmaker Gilead, which makes popular HIV drugs, is moving against counterfeit versions that are circulating in the U.S. and have even been found in pharmacies. Smart thermometers, PrEP and birth control, gonorrhea, Adagio Therapeutics and surgical injuries are also in the news.
Consulting firm Avalere Health says nearly 70% of physicians work in hospitals, health systems or for private companies -- up 12% over the past two years. A separate report says a pandemic-influenced hospital-at-home program actually boosted inpatient capacity at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
Major climate-driven natural disasters -- once rare -- should now be considered the norm and will get worse, according to a United Nations report. World leaders are urged to take steps to mitigate the human toll.
Over the weekend, names of potential Food and Drug Administration commissioner nominees were floated as the essential job remains empty over six months into the Biden administration. In other big news from the White House: CMS proposes nixing the Trump-era "Most Favored Nation" drug rule.
Senators are poised to pass the $1 trillion bipartisan bill this week as the dealmakers fend off criticism from both the right and left.
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