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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued emergency requirements for health care providers that aim to guard employees during the ongoing pandemic. They include PTO for vaccinations, physical barriers and notifications of exposure.
A controversial anti-vax bill in Ohio would weaken the state's vaccination laws. The bill drew national attention after some people urging passage of the bill claimed the covid vaccine would "magnetize" you. (It won't.) Other news on the vaccine rollout is from Washington state, Alaska, Georgia, Pennsylvania and elsewhere.
Despite increasing vaccinations in wealthier nations, the pace of deaths due to covid continues to rise as the official death tally surpasses 1.88 million people around the world. And the rise of more contagious and deadlier variants worries global health officials.
The application for emergency use approval follows a study of more than 3,700 adolescents in which no covid cases were observed among those who received Moderna's two-dose regimen. Four cases occurred in the placebo group. Separately, FDA vaccine advisers meet to debate vaccine protocols for kids.
In February, the FDA authorized the vaccine for up to three months. A new FDA review has concluded that the shots remain safe and effective for at least 4 1/2 months.
Shipments of the first tranche of doses will start in August, President Joe Biden said on the eve of the G7 meeting in the United Kingdom. Leaders joining the summit are pledging a total of a billion doses -- including 500 million from the U.S. -- to share with poorer nations.
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Opinion writers tackle Covid's origins, the Delta variant, isolation and pandemic preparedness.
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In other news, a surge in cases of the Delta covid variant causes worries that the U.K. will have to suspend its reopening plans despite high vaccination levels; the U.S.-Canada border will mostly stay closed; and China steps up covid restrictions as it suffers an outbreak.
Separately, Florida's Board of Medicine will revamp an old rule for medication-assisted weight loss that's "out of step" with modern standards. Massachusetts' taxed foster system, Georgia's poor health rankings, and military medical services in Kentucky are among the other state stories covered today.
The money will be used to train more medical students and reach out to people in rural and remote areas of Utah. The New York Times, meanwhile, tackles health care worker's garment and PPE fashion. Also, worries of shame culture swirl after a Mormon sex therapist's ouster.
A recent small-scale trial suggests low doses of laughing gas can help alleviate depression symptoms. In other public health news, U.S. deaths from heart disease and diabetes climbed during the pandemic and reports say 26 million non-covid vaccinations were skipped during 2020.
Beech-Nut Nutrition says it will also cease sales of the product nationwide. Also in the news: the Phexxi birth control method, dentists detecting pregnancy and a study that says the placenta may help predict pregnancy risks even in the first trimester.
The annual cost growth is above figures for the period 2017 to 2020, and will hit as people seek care they delayed during the pandemic. Meanwhile, UnitedHealthcare's plans to scrutinize and retroactively deny some emergency care claims cause controversy.
The Washington Post and Axios report on the ongoing fallout from the "contentious" decision to approve Aduhelm while CNN covers the costs and side-effects of the new drug. The Cincinnati Enquirer notes it will be available at UC Health and two other Ohio sites.
Those were two of the issues on which Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies from the two parties did not agree while considering the HHS spending plan for fiscal 2022.
To increase vaccine incentives and availability, Medicare will now pay providers $75 per at-home vaccination -- almost double the previous $40 payment. Other Medicare news is on dental services and the big price tag of the newly approved Alzheimer's drug.
The law would have banned abortions after eight weeks of pregnancy and also specified that abortions could not be performed solely on the fear that a fetus might have Down syndrome.
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