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While marking the achievement of vaccinating 200 million within his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden warned the job is not done. As supply begins to outpace demand, the administration is offering tax incentives to encourage businesses to make getting the shot more convenient for employees.
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Elsewhere around the world, medical ethicists in the U.K. say terminally ill people should get access to general anesthesia, and in Mexico the president is vaccinated after "waffling" about the shot.
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People who consistently reported sleeping six hours or fewer were about 30% more likely than people who got seven hours of sleep to be diagnosed with dementia three decades later. A separate study found that women who slept poorly were nearly twice as likely to report a lack of interest in sex.
A federal judge says Los Angeles must house Skid Row's population by October. Elsewhere, Oklahoma reports the lowest blood donations since the pandemic began, Arizona's governor vetoes a restrictive sex-ed bill and Montana's Senate blocks a bill that would ban gender-affirming surgery for minors.
Reports highlight research on a twice-per-year opioid addiction vaccine, a drug that may induce complete remissions in patients with advanced leukemia, an antiviral drug targeting covid and a new CRISPR-based tool that targets mutations causing sickle cell.
“In order to run ads, advertisers will need to provide documentation showing they are permitted under state law to sell health insurance,” Google said in a blog post.
Some hospitals are offering workers bonuses for getting their covid vaccine. Meanwhile, medical workers have shifted from crisis management to incorporating covid into their daily work.
Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas told Stat that he is temporarily blocking Chiquita Brooks-LaSure's confirmation after the Biden administration last week rejected his state's request to extend a Medicaid waiver.
The new stimulus money allotted by the Biden administration couldn't have come too soon. Separately, the USDA moves to extend universal free lunch for youths with food insecurity, and reports say the weakened pandemic economy hit Black Texans much worse than white people in the state.
In other covid vaccine news, Louisiana and Maine see a slowdown in vaccine uptake, a Texas county closes its mass vaccination site since it has "accomplished its goals" and NPR reports on urban versus rural vaccine disparity for seniors.
New York was the first. Meanwhile, some airlines say they want to see proof of vaccination, but they won't call it a "vaccine passport."
Variants, infections among younger people and covid fatigue are blamed for the alarming rises in states like Michigan, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania. And a new study indicates that virus transmission in schools may be higher than thought.
The agency's vaccine advisory panel is scheduled to convene again Friday. Meanwhile, medical experts weigh in on the potential risks and a new survey shows that vaccination confidence hasn't taken much of a hit from the Johnson & Johnson suspension.
Meanwhile, reports say a $1.3 billion federal award from the Trump administration to a syringe manufacturer has resulted in no syringe production. Separately, Pfizer is urged to publish a report outlining its political donations and J&J's sales growth is boosted by covid vaccines.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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