First Edition: Feb. 25, 2021
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Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages focus on the challenges older people of color face in getting vaccinated and other topics, as well.
As President Joe Biden attempts to fill his cabinet, editorial pages focus on important qualities needed from leaders in those positions.
The West African country received 600,000 AstraZeneca shots after proving it could distribute them quickly. Other news is from the U.K., China, Australia and elsewhere.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
"[I've] seen a large number of people who have gained 10 to 15 pounds,” said one physician at Kaiser Permanente in San Jose. In other public health news: prediabetes, Zoom fatigue, addiction, food insecurity and more. Also: Golf great Tiger Woods is "responsive and recovering" after a car crash and emergency surgery.
Also, the Boston Globe looks at ways that President Joe Biden can fulfill a campaign pledge to protect abortion rights. News reports are on legislation in North Carolina related to autism therapy and more.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an executive order that will try to smooth manufacturing limitations for products crucial to managing and containing the pandemic.
Health care providers should now order Eli Lilly and Regeneron's drugs directly from AmerisourceBergen, the sole distributor. They will still be free, Becker's Hospital Review reports. Other pharmaceutical and biotech news is on RHB-107, Theranos and glucose monitors.
The tool, dubbed "Care Studio," brings together patients' health data from separate systems across inpatient and outpatient facilities and makes it searchable for clinicians, Modern Healthcare writes. Critics have raised concerns about patient privacy protections.
Meanwhile, a group of business executives endorse the package while Republicans signal that this could be the first covid relief package that receives zero Republican votes of support.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra faces a second committee hearing today for his nomination as Department of Health and Human Services secretary. Stat also reports on a fresh line of attack from Republicans: that Becerra is not sympathetic enough to the pharmaceutical industry.
But a big variable is the impact of coronavirus variants on the trajectory of infections. Disease experts fear the U.S. may be just weeks away from cases spiking back up for a spring surge before falling again by summer.
The lead author of the study said it emphasizes the need to vaccinate the population, many of whom live in group homes. News reports look at how wearing glasses can protect you from covid and more.
Scientists raise concerns that if B.1.427/B.1.429 combines with the variant identified in the United Kingdom, that mutation could be an even more dangerous strain.
Federal distribution of vaccine doses to the states will go up by one million each week, the Biden administration says.
Months into the rollout, people with high-risk conditions, like cancer patients, or frequent virus exposure, like grocery workers, are still waiting to find out when they can get vaccinated.
News reports focus on vaccine rates for mentally and physically challenged people, communities of color and in indigenous people, as well.
The single-dose shot doesn't require special refrigeration. Although its level of protection against getting infected with covid is not as high as the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, health experts stress that the J&J shot helps where it matters most: by preventing hospitalization and death.
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