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The action by the Department of Health and Human Services affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination in health care also protect gay and transgender people, the AP reports. Under President Donald Trump, HHS had said that anti-discrimination provisions apply only to “male or female as determined by biology.”
Editorial pages delve into farmworker, maternal and senior health care issues.
Though the number of new daily cases in India is lower than record highs, today's figure was still over 360,000. Reuters reports on Eli Lilly's efforts to boost local access to its drug baricitinib to help the fight, and CBS News covers a New York doctor sending ventilators.
Opinion writers examine covid, global disasters and vaccine issues.
Even as the EU turns away from using AstraZeneca's covid vaccine in the long term by not renewing contracts, some nations -- including Germany -- are shifting their guidance on who can receive the vaccine.
Levels of perfluoroalkyl in Georgia's rivers are still being monitored, five years after the EPA issued a health warning about the chemical. AdventHealth, mental health care in Arkansas and Texas' anti-trans sports bill are also in the news.
Sports and entertainment venues are reopening, lifting capacity limits and phasing out temperature checks, though mask requirements remain for some. As NBC News reports, the moves are not welcomed by all: Some workers in these venues are anxious about the risks.
Meanwhile, reports say Latinos are under-represented in U.S. clinical trials for Alzheimer's drugs; more at-home tests for covid will go on sale; and health officials testify in the ongoing opioid trial in West Virginia.
Employment figures continue to be underwhelming in the health care industry: In April, the number of jobs fell by an estimated 4,100 from the prior month. And overall health care employment is down 542,000 since last winter.
The retail giant plans to offer virtual medical and mental health services across the country. In other news, CMS issues a warning on price transparency to hospitals; Kaiser Permanente reports a big profit; and hospitals in California lower C-section rates.
Meanwhile, the White House coronavirus coordinator stands by the federal handling of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine pause. In other administration news: Nancy Messonnier's CDC departure, White House efforts to elevate science again at federal health agencies, and more.
Meanwhile, around 20 people in France have also been detected with the Indian variant, as reports cover how much more infectious it might be even compared to the U.K. variant, which has already swept across the world.
State officials are focusing their strategies on convenience and incentives as they try to get covid shots in more arms.
Banking on the hopes that people hesitant to get vaccinated will listen to their own doctors, federal and local officials are quickly working to roll out supplies to primary care providers.
Appearing on several weekend news programs, Dr. Anthony Fauci said that federal guidance on masks should “start being more liberal as we get more people vaccinated" -- a message echoed by White House covid crisis coordinator Jeff Zients. Fauci also talked about the flu and undercounted coronavirus deaths in the U.S.
The revised Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's official guidance now acknowledges that the virus can be transmitted through aerosolized particles and that people indoors could become infected even when more than 6 feet away.
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