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A study in the New England Journal of Medicine examined thousands of heart disease patients and found that regular low-dose aspirin-taking was safe and can prevent further heart problems and strokes. Regular dose levels seem safe too, but many study participants quit taking the high doses.
In other news, fresh produce is linked to an E.coli outbreak in Washington state; Georgia has a spate of fentanyl overdoses; Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will receive a bill cracking down on covid scam websites; and California lawmakers consider a bill to decriminalize psychedelic drugs.
Politico reports that funds allocated to rebuild the national stockpile and to expanding national covid testing are being diverted by the Department of Health and Human Services to its massive efforts to house a growing number of unaccompanied minors at the Southern border.
The program provides employees with physical, mental and nutritional support. Also in the news: telehealth, children's mental health, Leapfrog and parking fees for cancer patients.
The drug is a combination of local anesthetic bupivacaine and anti-inflammatory meloxicam. In other news, biomarker blood tests are speeding up drug trials, the Salt Lake Tribune covers the difficulties of pharmaceutical IP, and Stat reports the "Era of the Genome" has arrived.
The initial Phase 1/2 trial suggested the vaccine wasn’t adequately protective in older adults. But new results show that the companies' covid vaccine generates strong levels of antibodies for all adults.
Meanwhile, Delta Air Lines will mandate its workers get a covid shot. And statistics show 41% of Republicans say they do not plan to get a vaccine, but New York's Hamilton County — remote, and Republican — has one of the highest vaccine uptake rates in the U.S.
Dr. Anthony Fauci noted that the covid pandemic has highlighted how racism negatively affects health outcomes for African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans. Separately, the Indian covid variant is found in Maine, a study shows most kids with covid don't get a fever, and authorities accept covid is airborne.
Retail companies are announcing their plans for also relaxing requirements on face coverings as individual businesses must now navigate shifting state and federal guidance.
Reopened K-12 schools should require "universal and correct" use of masks, plus social distancing, the CDC says, despite newly relaxed mask-wearing rules for the vaccinated population. Dr. Anthony Fauci agrees and says masks should even be worn in the fall term by unvaccinated kids.
Neither public or political pressure played a role in the decision to relax mask guidance for fully vaccinated people, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky said when answering questions about her agency's drastic change.
Both the National Nurses Union and the California Nurses Association slammed the relaxed CDC guidance, saying the protective measures helped keep health care workers safer. Other public health experts worry that the sudden appearance of normalcy will set back efforts to control virus spread.
Americans who ventured out over the weekend faced a patchwork of inconsistent rules.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on these covid and vaccine issues.
Editorial writers examine Olympic-level drug testing, issues facing the new FDA chief and psychedelics for health treatments.
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to enjoy. This week's selections include stories on covid, psychedelics, childbirth, obesity and more. Plus, a deeper look at how Samantha Power, head of the US Agency for International Development, hopes to use vaccines to restore U.S. prestige.
India's covid crisis continues with case numbers still rising but at a slightly lower rate. The AP notes that covid misinformation is "surging" in the country, as other reports cover how officials are scrambling for vaccine supplies and trying to administer the ones they do have properly.
Three more regions in Japan have been added to the list of areas already under covid emergency orders. In other news, vaccine makers are under pressure to boost access to shots, and Ireland's health service is offline after a digital attack.
In other news, actor Eva Longoria joins a program to boost mental health services to farmworkers; the FDA has authorized the first overnight contact lenses to manage myopia; and Ohio and Georgia join the list of states that will opt out of federal enhanced unemployment benefits.
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