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It's being dubbed the "Fauci Effect:" more students are looking at public health careers. In other health personnel news, some hospitals are having to pay a premium for registered nurses amidst the national worker shortage.
A decades-old international ethical standard which limits research on human embryos to a 14-day window has been altered to allow longer experimentation by a scientific panel.
An analysis by Georgetown University researchers shows a 17% increase in enrollment. Meanwhile, Texas lawmakers fail to advance bipartisan bills that would have expanded Medicaid coverage for new moms and made it easier for low-income children to stay in the program.
More than 150 House Democrats are working together to urge the president to prioritize lowering the eligibility age for Medicare to 60 from 65 and expanding benefits to to cover dental, vision and hearing services. Also in the news, the pandemic creates concerns about funding the Medicare trust fund, and federal officials bust up a scam that billed millions in bogus Medicare claims.
The cruise ship industry, still limited by CDC rules, is finding willing volunteers to test new health protocols. And the European Union and some Asian governments are still trying to develop a digital vaccine passport.
Even as reports show covid case numbers across the U.S. are in decline, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention links the risk of long-term symptoms to more severe infections. Another study says even mild, asymptomatic cases are as infectious as severe ones.
The two, who head key committees in Congress, are seeking input on how the government could craft a government-run health plan that would compete with private insurers. Republicans and the insurance industry oppose such an effort. Also on Capitol Hill, lawmakers are weighing new proposals on how the Department of Veterans Affairs should handle former service members' health problems caused by toxic substances.
Lawyers from Siri & Glimstad — a New York firm — have been involved in a diverse campaign against compulsory immunizations to fight covid-19. Meanwhile, officials in North Dakota and Indiana question public health efforts to get people vaccinated. And misinformation about the shots proliferates.
In a positive piece of news about covid, new studies of people who've been exposed to the virus point to "years"-long immunity. Simultaneously, debate about when and if booster vaccine shots will be given is in the news.
President Joe Biden ordered U.S. intelligence agencies to "redouble" investigations into the two most plausible causes of the coronavirus crisis -- a "lab leak" in Wuhan, China or human contact with an infected animal -- and deliver better information in 90 days.
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Opinion writers weigh in on these covid, vaccine and mask issues.
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Attempts to "woo" social media influencers with payments to bad-mouth the Pfizer covid vaccine are investigated in France; Russia is suspected. Meanwhile the EU takes AstraZeneca to court over delayed deliveries and hackers release private patient data in New Zealand.
The continued use of mask in schools, on school buses and in other places students congregate has become the latest divisive political issue.
An investigation in California finds nursing homes continued to operate even after the state denied licenses to the company that owns them. And reporters in Georgia detail how the state sent money to many nursing homes for doing well protecting residents from covid-19 while also fining them for safety violations. Also, a Connecticut task force calls for reform of nursing homes there.
Sharecare's regular Community Well-Being Index, which surveys quality of life in all 50 states, has just been published for the last year. Reports also cover efforts to recall California's governor, Mississippi's last abortion clinic, Puerto Rico's unlocking, a vaccine waste surge in Oregon and more.
In other news: rural hospital closing affects Black communities in the pandemic, unnecessary treatments and more on tocilizumab as a covid treatment.
Other public health news reports on lead pipe replacement, the cost of homeless camps, a CDC study of pond algae and garden fertilizer ingredients.
Other health industry news on a new Alzheimer's drug, a look at what's behind those Well building ads and how Millennials impact health insurance costs.
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