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We selected a few lean-back articles for you to enjoy.
It's just not going well in Europe and even Canada has its troubles, this time with travelers into the country. Then there is India, hitting its second wave.
The federal government declined to seek patents on remdesivir, which brought in $2.8 million in revenue to Gilead in a single year. Hydroxychloroquine is still being used to fight covid despite the lack of evidence it does anything. And more studies on long-haul covid.
It appears likely that vaccinated seniors will be ready to hit the road but CNBC offers the caution that before travelling, they should check the specifics of their insurance regarding emergency and routine care. Meanwhile, in a separate story, Becker's reports a rise in people waiting until they are eligible for Medicare seeking medical care.
L.A. County health officials say they could vaccinate 80% of residents by the end of June, meanwhile a report highlights Chicago struggles with rollout equality between different ZIP codes.
Overcrowding in HHS facilities prompted the department to ask for an extra military base for housing migrant minors. Meanwhile reports highlight the difficult situation experienced by children in custody.
The White House says that a dramatic increase in the number of drug overdose deaths happened during the pandemic. Other reports highlight the mental health impacts of suffering covid, and from working from home.
The Biden Administration scrapped a Trump Administration plan to tighten work requirements for food stamp recipients that would have affected 700,000 adults. Also, the results of a study on hunger in America.
The Biden administration's next infrastructure plan covers expanding education and health care, but CNBC notes that the President has not yet mentioned public insurance options.
Backed by federal and private investment, a series of speedy covid tests that can be administered at home is arriving as part of the effort to suppress coronavirus--particularly as variants are spreading, and in some places test numbers are shrinking.
The pace of vaccinations pick up as coronavirus variants stir fears that the United States is facing a fourth surge of covid cases.
Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci has said the U.S. may not need AstraZeneca's covid vaccine, even as more blot-clot news emerges concerning this version.
The adverts, in English and Spanish, are designed to combat public hesitancy for covid vaccines and will air on network and cable TV and be promoted online throughout April.
The FDA has officially cleared vaccine maker Moderna to increase the number of doses of covid vaccine per vial from 10 to 15. It's hoped the move will dramatically increase the pace of vaccinations.
Johnson & Johnson's contractor, which had a history of violations, admits to the problem that caused the massive loss of vaccines. While the FDA mounts a probe, it also rethinks its inspection methods.
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An additional $400 billion is included in a massive jobs and infrastructure package that President Joe Biden unveiled Wednesday. And Wyoming again fails to advance Medicaid expansion.
A surge in covid cases presents the Biden Administration with a policy dilemma: Emphasize how close nation is to ending the epidemic or stress the immediate dangers of the coronavirus and its variants.
Opinion writers tackle these Covid and vaccine issues.
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