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If prisoners decline a covid test, a California prison has been asking them to waive liability for illness or death, a move deemed "unethical" by medical experts. Separately, West Virginia boosts benefits in a nutrition program for women and children, and a Virginia doctor is sentenced to 59 years for performing unneeded surgery.
PBS' Frontline and NPR launch a special report that dives into how hospitals that serve lower income groups fared during the covid pandemic and disproportionate impact on communities of color.
Meanwhile, Tennessee lawmakers made the state the second to pass a bill limiting health care for transgender minors; Texas considers health care in higher education construction plans; and Mississippi rules against a voter-approved medical marijuana program.
The Supreme Court's decision to hear a challenge to a new Mississippi abortion law could have a wide impact. Also, a visit to the Mississippi clinic at the center of the Supreme Court case.
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says colon cancer screening should start for Americans age 45 and up because colorectal cancer is affecting younger adults than previously. In other news, Google demonstrates an AI to analyze skin conditions, and organic meat is found to have fewer drug-resistant microbes.
AbbVie's CEO faced questions from lawmakers on the increased prices of anti-inflammatory drug Humira and cancer drug Imbruvica during a House hearing Tuesday. The Democrats want the FTC to investigate. The House also passed a hate crimes bill and a group of Republicans rebel against floor masking rules.
Though the CDC says students should still wear masks in some situations, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered that no local schools or government officials can set mask mandates. Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci warns the new CDC rules are "not a mandate to take your mask off."
Meanwhile, Russia and China are sharing more shots than the U.S. with other nations. And, to avoid waiving patent rights for newly developed covid vaccines, leaders of major industrialized nations are expected to back "patent pooling" as a way to get more vaccines to more countries.
As has been the case throughout the pandemic, the patchwork of state laws is resulting in an uneven response, this time in the rollout delivery of the covid vaccines to children.
Stat reports on how previous epidemics and pandemics hold clues for the end of covid, while NBC News covers psychologists' warnings that the return to normality may have long-term mental health effects.
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Opinion writers discuss vaccines and masking issues.
Hugging, drinking beer with dinner indoors and other normal habits were all okayed in the U.K. starting this week, but officials reported over 2,300 people were carrying the more infectious Indian variant. CNBC reports on worries this variant could soon become dominant there.
Bloomberg reports on how "entire families" are wiped out by covid in India, as CNBC covers how decades of neglect in the public health system have had an impact. Elsewhere, the U.N. asks for vaccine supplies, and Canadians get some surplus U.S. shots.
Iowa Democrats argue that the move, part of a large tax cut, doesn't guarantee the state will properly fund mental health care services in the future. Meanwhile, North Carolina lawmakers pursue non-police responses to mental health crises, and San Francisco's homeless mental health team gets to work.
The World Health Organization estimates that in 2016 nearly 750,000 people died globally because they worked at least 55 hours a week. In other news, the FDA recalls some pacemakers due to an electrical issue, and aspirin is linked to protecting the brain from pollution exposure.
The covid antibody drug leronlimab had been publicly promoted for saving lives by maker CytoDyn, but the FDA's statement says it's not so. Meanwhile, a more powerful naloxone version is on the way. And Congress prepares to question the CEO of AbbVie over drug pricing.
The Health Resources and Services Administration sent letters to AstraZeneca, Eli Lilly, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi and United Therapeutics. They could face a $5,000 penalty for every violation.
A CNN investigation found that Community Health Systems has filed at least 19,000 lawsuits over allegedly unpaid medical bills since March 2020. One expert told CNN that although CHS is hardly the only hospital group to sue patients during the pandemic, its aggressive strategy stands out.
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