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The Biden administration is increasingly critical of lawmakers who aren't helping to encourage covid shots. And Dr. Anthony Fauci voiced horror over celebrations at a conservative gathering in relation to the U.S. falling short of vaccination goals.
As every state experiences a spike in new covid cases, driven in large part from the delta variant, some hot spots are already seeing increased hospitalizations that match or exceed the winter surge.
The World Health Organization pushed back on efforts by Pfizer and other vaccine makers to promote covid booster shots. The organization also warned against mixing and matching vaccine types and confirms protections vaccines offer against the delta variant. Israel, meanwhile, started giving third shots to vulnerable patients.
Guillain-Barré syndrome is rare in the general population, and most people eventually recover. As some reports link cases to side effects from Johnson & Johnson's covid vaccine, the FDA is adding a warning to the shot label.
After the Monday meeting, U.S. officials said more data is needed and reiterated that those who are fully vaccinated do not need a booster, at least not yet.
And other news on aging and nursing homes comes out of Ohio, New York, Florida and Washington.
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Weak covid precautions among unmasked fans in the Euro soccer final have dismayed experts. Separately, the G-20 warns of rising covid variant infections, but data from the U.K. and Israel says the U.S. is well placed to avoid the worst effects from delta covid.
Among states that offered federal covid relief to workers, decisions over how much money and who got it were very different place to place, the AP reports. Eviction protections, West Virginia surgical residencies and illegal pot farms in California are also in the news.
Reports say high-potency marijuana is linked to various medical risks, particularly for young users. Meanwhile, the CDC warns of the unusual spread of Respiratory Syncytial Virus -- or RSV -- in summer, noting it's affecting young children and infants in southern states.
And President Joe Biden will meet with key law enforcement leaders from across the country to try to reduce crime rates. Meanwhile, The Washington Post discusses surging gun purchases, while the AP News reports that grief counselors are in short supply even as violent crime spikes up.
Reports say Baltimore County mobile teams failed to respond to over half of mental health crisis calls. Covid responses and North Carolina's health leader's plans, potential health staff whistleblowing, earthquake response upgrades and more are also in the news.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision allowing the Kentucky Department of Corrections to deny the expensive treatment was split 2-1. Mylan Pharmaceuticals, experimental gene therapy and Martin Shkreli are also in the news.
Health officials in the Tampa Bay area are advising people avoid red algal blooms affecting the ocean and marine life. People suffering asthma or or other lung diseases are particularly at risk. Separate reports cover the deadly Northwest heat wave and drought.
The trial in West Virginia against three opioid distributors may be winding down earlier than expected, while officials in Parkersburg, West Virginia aim for a moratorium on drug treatment facilities. News reports also cover opioid overdoses on the rise in Georgia and latest thinking on alcohol abuse treatment.
Politico reports on three options Democrats are considering to try to increase Medicaid coverage in states that refuse to expand the program. In other Medicaid news, the Supreme Court ends the latest term without taking up legal challenges related to work requirements.
The Biden administration is ending the Trump-era policy. Also, the White House is urged to start preparing for the next pandemic. Other health policy news from federal agencies comes out of the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Environmental Protection Agency.
An analysis shows more abortion restrictions have been passed in 2021 than in any previous year--including one in Texas where citizens, not the state, will enforce the new law. And Democratic lawmakers are taking aim at the restrictions with a new House spending bill.
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