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A congressional inquiry reveals Peter Navarro, a top aide to then-President Donald Trump, steered a $765 million loan to Eastman Kodak to produce ingredients for generic drugs, a $354 million sole-source contract for pharmaceutical ingredients to a start-up called Phlow, and a $96 million sole-source contract for powered respirators and filters from AirBoss Defense Group.
People are being turned away because vaccine providers request Social Security numbers or insurance cards, neither of which are required for the free covid shots. Also, no centralized collection of vaccine data remains a problem.
As reports say only around half of nursing home staffers received shots from a federal covid vaccine program, the Tampa Bay Times reported that the majority of Florida's long-term care staff refused the vaccines
Abbott's BinaxNOW and Quidel Quickvue tests will soon be available at drug stores in two-packs for between $15 and $20.
Delayed care and lack of regulation of urgent-care clinics are examined. In other health industry news, billions of dollars in investment continue to flow into health care startups.
Wisconsin's high court has stuck down the governor's statewide mask mandate, and Georgia is poised to lower its remaining covid restrictions. Meanwhile, reports explain why vaccine rollouts in D.C., Maryland and elsewhere are bollixed.
A study covering 17 countries shows that maternal health complications, deaths and stillbirths rose during the pandemic. A separate CDC report shows that maternal mortality was up 15% in the U.S. in 2019 before the coronavirus had a major impact.
News outlets cover the latest research on how effective the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines are in protecting against the variants first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
In other covid research news, separate studies show covid variants can also infect mice, and that breathing activities like shouting do produce more aerosols, potentially spreading illnesses like covid.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
In covid news from around the world, only 20% of covid sufferers with symptoms took tests in the U.K.; Poland unexpectedly rolls out widespread covid vaccines for the over 40s; and India opens vaccine eligibility to over 45s, which will impact global vaccine exports.
Bat or pangolin? Yunnan or somewhere in Southeast Asia? The initial source of the coronavirus remains a mystery as China tries to deflect the focus to other places.
Worries rise that the more contagious B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K. will cause another surge, as the CDC notes it's the most prevalent strain found in five states. Meanwhile an uptick in infection numbers is reported.
U.S. Deaths in 2020: 3.3 million. Covid was the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. "Continued messaging and training for professionals who complete death certificates remains important as the pandemic progresses," researchers said.
Opinion writers weigh in on vaccines, long haulers, covid-19 and vaccine passports.
Editorial pages tackle these public health issues.
In other news from across the states, a report highlights dangerous lead in a Florida factory; lines are reportedly short at Florida's covid vaccination sites; Colorado battles vaccine hesitancy; and the Baltimore Sun reports on Maryland's efforts to assure vaccine equity.
In other news of covid, pandemic research, Cleveland Clinic partners with IBM, T cells fight covid variants, and socio-economic disparities made clearer.
In other public health news, retailers are pressured on toxic chemicals in products and will mask wearing never go away?
A report highlights Lenox Hill Hospital charging health insurers nearly 30 times the typical cost of covid tests. Elsewhere the FCC plans to update its telehealth program, and Blue Cross North Carolina is set to be one of the first insurers to end covid cost-sharing protections.
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