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The World Health Organization warned that doctors, nurses and medical staff report higher levels of anxiety and depression. Meanwhile health care workers deaths reach 3,605, according to a KHN and Guardian investigation.
In other reproductive health news, Texas lawmakers approve six anti-abortion bills; Kentucky passes a constitutional amendment denying the right to abortion in the state; and Delaware begins to erase its 19th-Century law making abortion a felony.
Medicaid reimbursement reductions loom in many states which could endanger safety-net hospitals that did not fare well during the pandemic. News on Medicaid is also reported from Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Mississippi.
The Democrats may try to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn Trump-era Department of Health and Human Services rules. And proposed Medicare changes are also in the works.
As the Biden Administration tries to build up confidence in the covid shots, a survey shows that more Americans are willing to get vaccinated. The Wall Street Journal notes that the U.S. has no central database for immunizations. And the vaccine passport issue is getting more tangled.
The media spotlight is focused on the Biden administration's immigrant policies as journalists enter an overcrowded government facility in Texas. Meanwhile, over 10% of roughly 750 unaccompanied minors have tested positive for coronavirus at a San Diego facility.
President Joe Biden and his administration must now cope with a dangerous spike in covid cases while many governors ignore his pleas for continued vigilance. Also, inside the White House pandemic briefings.
Pfizer claims its covid vaccine made with BioNTech is 100% effective for children as young as 12. Pfizer also said it will begin testing a freeze-dried version of its vaccine. In other vaccine news, Germany restricts the use of AstraZeneca's covid vaccine.
After days of leaks, the World Health Organization officially released its report Tuesday on the source of the covid-19 pandemic. Limited access to data from China is a key source of the dissatisfaction voiced by many countries, including the U.S.
New data suggest covid vaccine demand varies significantly from place to place, with rural areas showing more reluctance. But all 50 states are planning to open vaccine eligibility to anyone aged 16 and over soon.
As 26 states report an increase in covid numbers, the data suggests that the age of new covid patients is skewing lower. And some doctors report that many new patients are less sick. Meanwhile, worries deepen that covid variants may run rampant, and Florida's fatality numbers may have been undercounted.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on these covid and vaccine issues.
Editorial writers tackle herd immunity, Texas Medicaid and mental health inequity.
A judge rules that New York state must offer covid vaccines to its prisoners. In other news from across the country, Arizona's Senate lifts its mask mandate and federal investigators flag payments to a California clinic that received $81 million under a relief program.
Countries around the world are seeing significant increases in coronavirus cases, even as vaccine rollouts begin to take effect and some nations, like the UK, begin to unlock. Meanwhile a new variant emerging in India causes worries.
Reports in Modern Healthcare highlight how mental health services for children have been impacted by the pandemic. Meanwhile a new analysis of federal data shows that adolescents may be more likely than adults to suffer addiction to drugs, including prescription ones.
Hospitals are reaching out to potential patients, especially among disadvantaged groups, via vaccines. Also, hospital recertification surveys begin again, health workers look back and malpractice premiums peak.
Meanwhile dialysis centers are touted as a solution for covid vaccine race inequalities, and racial disparities have also been linked to higher maternal deaths and postpartum mood disorders during the pandemic.
Arkansas is positioned to become the first state to prohibit doctors from providing treatments -- such as puberty blockers, hormone therapies and transition-related surgeries -- to transgender children. The bill next goes to Gov. Asa Hutchinson.
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