Covid Hate Crime Bill Snagged On Wording
Republicans say an Asian American hate crimes bill ties hate crimes too closely to calling covid the “China virus,” a favorite term of former President Donald Trump. More on racial disparities in health care.
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Gun Violence Is A Public Health Issue, Fauci Says
The Indianapolis Star separately reports on how gun violence impacts trauma surgeons. Also, Peloton's treadmill poses a safety risk according to the CPSC, and reports talk about covid risks during flights and how airports are battling traveler stress issues.
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White House Rescinds Medicaid Waiver In Texas Over Flawed Approval Process
The waiver was approved in the final days of the Trump administration. The Biden administration says it didn't go through the proper notice and comment period.
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Restrictions On Fetal Tissue Research Lifted By Biden Administration
The White House reversed Trump-era rules that limited the use of fetal tissue in federally-funded medical research. Anti-abortion activists oppose the practice while scientists praise the move, saying such research has helped develop numerous vaccines and treatments, including for Parkinson’s, HIV and covid-19.
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Biden Admin To Spend $1.7 Billion To Sequence Covid Variants
New variants make up about half of current U.S. covid cases according to the CDC. In other news, an OCD drug is touted as a potential covid treatment, and monoclonal antibodies are in the headlines again.
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Alaska Plans To Vaccinate Tourists; Florida Vaccinates Foreign Students
From June 1, Alaska will offer covid vaccines to tourists arriving or leaving from the state's four biggest airports. Meanwhile, vaccine rollouts elsewhere are struggling to reach some groups, and a celebrity-filled effort to promote vaccination hits the airwaves.
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More Children And Young People In Covid ICUs
As signs of yet another covid surge materialize, doctors report more children and younger people with covid going to the hospital. Pennsylvania is now experiencing a surge as Colorado officials warn of one in that state.
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Decisions On J&J Vaccine Use Likely By Friday, Fauci Says
In weekend interviews, Dr. Anthony Fauci also predicted that the pause on Johnson & Johnson's covid shot would be lifted, though perhaps with warnings or restrictions.
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US Passes Halfway Mark In Getting At Least One Shot In Adults’ Arms
As of Sunday, 50% of all Americans over 18 have received at least one dose of a covid vaccine. Such progress can't come too soon, as the globe passes a tragic milestone of 3 million total coronavirus deaths.
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First Edition: April 19, 2021
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Adding Firearm Safety To Health Screenings; Issues Facing Microbiome-Based Drug Development
Editorial pages tackle firearm injury prevention, microbiome-based drugs and cold perfusion.
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Different Takes: Issues with China’s Sinovac Vaccine; Getting Your Vaccine Is A Civic Responsibility
Opinion writers focus on these vaccine issues.
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Brazil Struggles With Intubation Drug Shortage, High Baby Covid Death Toll
In other news, the WHO reports that the covid infection rate is approaching the highest levels seen since the pandemic began, and it also urged vaccine makers to temporarily release IP rights.
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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy. This week's selections include stories on AIDS, the Oscars, gun violence, covid and more.
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Physician Assistants Given Broader Scope In Florida Bill
In other news, Florida and Missouri make legal moves to adjust Medicaid provision, a long-delayed report on Medicaid in Georgia is released, and West Virginia's governor signs a harm-reduction bill he'd been urged to veto by health professionals.
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States Push Against Mask Mandates For Schools And Sports
Education officials in Florida and Minnesota want to reduce mask use. In other news, anti-transgender laws are widely opposed in a new poll, and a call is made for more urgent care for women.
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Drug Company Sues Medical Journal
Pacira Biosciences sued Anesthesiology, claiming the medical journal disparaged its Exparel painkiller. Wall Street analysts think sales for the drug will nevertheless grow 50% this year. And cheating is alleged at Dartmouth's medical school, but it could be that the school doesn't understand computer technology.
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Biden Moves To Overturn More Trump Policies
Most recently, the Biden administration has moved against an exemption of a wide swath of medical devices and artificial intelligence tools from regulatory review and federal research that uses fetal tissue.
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Dems May Scale Back Medicare, Drug Pricing Asks In Infrastructure Bill
The “social infrastructure” items in the $2 trillion-plus bill may need to be narrowed, Politico reports. Meanwhile, it was a busy day of health care hearings on Capitol Hill.
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Fauci Informs Congress On Vaccines
Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks the Johnson & Johnson vaccine will get back on track. He sparred with Ohio Republican Rep. Jim Jordan during a congressional hearing.
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