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Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas told Stat that he is temporarily blocking Chiquita Brooks-LaSure's confirmation after the Biden administration last week rejected his state's request to extend a Medicaid waiver.
Variants, infections among younger people and covid fatigue are blamed for the alarming rises in states like Michigan, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania. And a new study indicates that virus transmission in schools may be higher than thought.
New York was the first. Meanwhile, some airlines say they want to see proof of vaccination, but they won't call it a "vaccine passport."
In other covid vaccine news, Louisiana and Maine see a slowdown in vaccine uptake, a Texas county closes its mass vaccination site since it has "accomplished its goals" and NPR reports on urban versus rural vaccine disparity for seniors.
Meanwhile, reports say a $1.3 billion federal award from the Trump administration to a syringe manufacturer has resulted in no syringe production. Separately, Pfizer is urged to publish a report outlining its political donations and J&J's sales growth is boosted by covid vaccines.
The agency's vaccine advisory panel is scheduled to convene again Friday. Meanwhile, medical experts weigh in on the potential risks and a new survey shows that vaccination confidence hasn't taken much of a hit from the Johnson & Johnson suspension.
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Louisiana's governor indicated he will not back bills limiting transgender athletes or restrict trans minors seeking medical treatment. But Oklahoma's House advanced a similar bill, while Texan lawmakers are pressured by big business to not make the same moves.
More news is also reported on delayed health care and puberty body changes during the pandemic, as well as marijuana laws, driving safety and MRSA risk from dogs.
The Senate may pass an anti-Asian hate crime bill this week. The AP reports on how the covid pandemic and anti-Asian violence impacts schooling, and how Los Angeles' older Korean-American residents experience fear now.
The amount of investment flowing into digital health companies doubled from 2020 to $7.2 billion in the first quarter of this year. Women's digital health startups were a major recipient. In other industry news, University of Virginia Health System, which for years has sued thousands of patients for unpaid bills, will cancel a massive backlog of court judgments and liens.
Federal health officials say Friday’s decision to rescind the state’s waiver is part of an effort to push Texas towards expanding the program, The Washington Post said.
The long-anticipated trial of four drugmakers in California has begun; a judge may soon indicate how much it will cost the four companies involved to resolve their liability for the opioid crisis.
The CDC is looking into a few more reactions to the Johnson & Johnson covid vaccine, while the FDA halts production at an East Baltimore plant that earlier botched millions of vaccine doses. And the European Medicines Agency is preparing its report on the vaccine.
The Biden administration has been in talks with companies and lobbyists about ways to improve the nation's emergency stockpile, Stat reports. And millions in relief aid funds are being released to help underserved communities get needed equipment and supplies to continue the covid fight. The federal government's flawed early pandemic response is also in the news.
As part of its review of a possible ban on menthol cigarettes, the White House is also considering a new rule that would force tobacco companies to cut nicotine back to levels that are no longer addictive, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The CDC reported a seven-day average covid case rate up 1% from the previous average figure, with the U.S. total now over 400,000 new cases per day. Some places, such as Florida, report better news though with hospitalizations for seniors falling fast.
Yale has joined the ever-lengthening list of colleges that will require students get covid vaccines before fall terms. Meanwhile, Connecticut's lawmakers act to remove a religious exemption rule that could impact mandatory vaccination efforts.
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