Dems May Scale Back Medicare, Drug Pricing Asks In Infrastructure Bill
The “social infrastructure” items in the $2 trillion-plus bill may need to be narrowed, Politico reports. Meanwhile, it was a busy day of health care hearings on Capitol Hill.
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Biden Moves To Overturn More Trump Policies
Most recently, the Biden administration has moved against an exemption of a wide swath of medical devices and artificial intelligence tools from regulatory review and federal research that uses fetal tissue.
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Fauci Informs Congress On Vaccines
Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will get back on track. He sparred with Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan during a congressional hearing.
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Another Covid Surge Appears Likely
At least 21 states have recorded at least a 10% rise in daily average positive covid cases. Overall, the U.S. has over 70,000 new covid cases a day. Hospitals are again getting stressed. (And two tigers in captivity in Virginia have tested positive.)
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Merck’s Anti-Viral Covid Pill Works, But Only In Early Stages
As Merck reports results for its anti-covid pill that are promising, if only in the early stages of infection, other researchers say the P1 variant from Brazil is more transmissible than others. Worries emerge about next-gen covid vaccines. And one study shows dogs can sniff out covid-positive urine.
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US Has Given Out Nearly 200M Shots
About 30% of American adults have been fully vaccinated, according to the CDC. Meanwhile, the list of colleges that require covid vaccination is growing.
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A Booster, Then Yearly Shots: Likely Future Vaccinations Mapped
Pfizer's CEO says that people who received his company's covid vaccine will probably need a third shot within 12 months of the original two-dose regimen. And Moderna targets the fall to have its expected booster shot available.
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J&J Vaccine Gets More Negative Attention
Despite a study out of Oxford University showing the risk of blood clots is much higher with covid than with a vaccine against covid, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine continues to generate suspicion.
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First Edition: April 16, 2021
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Different Takes: Are Vaccine Mandates Needed In U.S.?; Is The Fourth Wave Happening Or Not?
Opinion writers weigh in on Covid and vaccine news.
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Research Roundup: Covid; Suicide; Cocoa’s Effect On Vascular Function; Liver Transplantation
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
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Viewpoints: What Supports Do Frontline Workers Need? Could Psychedelics Be A New Therapeutic?
Editorial pages take on these public health issues.
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More States Make Legal Moves To Restrict Transgender Rights
As the NCAA rattles its saber in warning about anti-trans discrimination, Texas, Florida and West Virginia made legal moves to limit the rights of trans children to play sports. Arizona, meanwhile, plans laws to further restrict what can be taught in sex ed.
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India Grapples With Serious Covid Problem
More than a dozen hotels and wedding banquet halls were ordered to be converted into covid-19 centers attached to hospitals as India goes past 14 million covid cases. In other global news, Germany will prosecute vaccine line-jumpers, and the E.U. shifts its efforts to the Pfizer vaccine.
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States Push To Reopen Businesses And Schools
Officials in Nevada want Las Vegas back to normal by June 1, and California's governor urges all school systems to open schools again. Meanwhile, a Florida county wants to do away with the requirement that masks be worn inside public places.
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Trial Shows Psychedelic Drug As Good As Common Antidepressant
A study in London compared psilocybin and escitalopram (Lexapro) and found them equivalent for treating depression. In other research news, snoring is linked to learning difficulties for kids, and DDT is found to impact another generation's health.
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Hospitals Again Struggling With Influx Of Covid Patients
Michigan and Oregon hospitals are hit hard. In other health care industry news, Cleveland's University Hospitals made as much money last year as the year before, Massachusetts to "crack down" on high-cost hospitals and a VA hospital wastes $172,000 in stents.
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Biden Proposes Repeal Of Trump’s Abortion ‘Gag-Rule’ Regulation
The Biden administration proposed the repeal of Trump-era regulations barring abortion referrals and making other changes intended to evict Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers from the federal family planning program, Title X.
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Biden Signs Extension That Puts Off Medicare Funding Cuts
Under sequestration, the recent stimulus bill would have triggered budget reductions to Medicare as well as other social safety net programs. This bill pushes such cuts off until at least the end of the year. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services also announces hospital pricing transparency policies.
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FDA Works On New Drug-Approval Rules
The Food and Drug Administration is urged to work up policies for drugs withdrawn after being deemed unsafe or ineffective. It also is working on new rules for approving old drugs in order to replace the unsuccessful Unapproved Drug Initiative.
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