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A proposed CMS rule change would permit state Medicaid agencies to use voluntary payroll deductions from home health workers' wages to pay third parties for benefits--including insurance. Meanwhile, a change to CMS pay rules means inpatient services payments in 2022 may go up by $2.3 billion.
Citing the shifting state of the covid pandemic, the Biden administration plans to leave in place a public health rule instituted by the Trump administration that effectively turns away almost all migrants from the U.S. Immigration advocates and the ACLU are fighting Title 42 in court.
The REGEN-COV drug--with a first dose injected within 96 hours--must not be considered a vaccine substitute according to the Food and Drugs Administration. Covid recovery clinics, long covid, age-differentiated covid symptoms and obesity links to severe covid are also in the news.
People who crave a Big Mac in an area with high or substantial transmission of the coronavirus will be required to wear a face covering inside the restaurant. In Louisiana, the requirement also includes schools and colleges. Other mask news is from Michigan, Maine, New York, California and Oklahoma.
The rush is on to keep millions of Americans from becoming homeless. A group of Democrats in the House are pressing the White House to issue a new eviction moratorium. But the Biden administration says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn't have the legal authority to do so and is calling on Congress and local state officials to take steps to protect people. Meanwhile, eviction cases pushed by landlords are already starting to pile up in court.
The seven-day average of covid cases hit 72,790 on Friday, according to the CDC. Last summer, the country was reporting about 68,700 new cases per day, CNBC reported. In Iowa, one public health director didn't mince words: "If you remain unvaccinated, you will get COVID."
In Florida, criticism grows over Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' lack of response to skyrocketing covid case counts and record hospitalizations. And local leaders in some parts of Texas take new steps to fight the outbreak.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of North Carolina tested positive for covid. He's only experiencing mild effects from the virus for which he credits the vaccine: "My symptoms would be far worse.” Other senators who could have been exposed at an outdoor weekend event rushed to get tested.
As covid spikes are blamed on the delta covid variant, reports show that vaccination rates are now trending upward in all 50 states. White House covid response coordinator Jeff Zients noted the "positive" trend in some southern states. Kentucky's governor also noted a vaccine uptick as delta spreads like "wildfire."
All 29,000 Memorial Hermann employees must be covid vaccinated by Oct. 9 or must voluntarily resign. Kaiser Permanente, Norton Healthcare and Baptist Health are also reported to require their staff to be vaccinated. News outlets cover other vaccine, covid regulations across the country.
The nation reached the mark a month later than the July 4 target President Joe Biden set. Meanwhile, the administration plans a global pandemic summit as disease experts predict the virus' path over the next few years.
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Nine governors have demanded explanations from the Biden administration about the ongoing closure of the U.S. border to most Canadians. Separately, two passengers on a recent U.S.-to-Toronto flight have been fined for presenting fake vaccine cards and negative test documents.
Gov. Kate Brown said a bill designed to limit purchase of kratom by under-21s and one that would impact appointment processes to mental health authorities were in conflict with federal regulations. Marijuana in Oklahoma, assisted living centers in North Carolina and more are also in the news.
The Billings Gazette reports on a "groundbreaking" surgery that enabled a local woman to successfully carry a baby boy until birth after she was born without a working uterus. Car seat belts, E. coli from raw cake batter, egg consumption, the anti-abortion movement and more are also in the news.
Some behavioral health and developmental disability service providers in Montana have 20% to 50% of their jobs unfilled due to worker shortages, forcing reduced service. Separately, NPR reports on how caregivers' mental health has suffered during the pandemic.
On Monday, Republican Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas, the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, released a third installment in his investigation, in which he said the outbreak stemmed from a genetically modified virus.
The agency is deprioritizing some of its existing work to make way for everything that needs to be done to fully approve Pfizer's covid shot, Stat reports. In other vaccine news, Friday was a good day for vaccinations, with more than half a million new shots recorded; Broadway will require proof of vaccination; Maryland's vaccine lottery is hailed as a success; and more.
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