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The country plans to give many more people protection by waiting to give second doses until 12 weeks later. Pfizer says it doesn't have data to back the delay, but the country expects to end its lockdown. News reports focus on France, Australia, Tanzania, China, Russia and Norway, as well.
The efforts will allow health officials to more quickly warn passengers about exposure to covid. News reports look at vision problems surfacing in children, an “unconscionable” decision in Texas to export N95 masks and more.
A similar effort in Ohio never took effect but many women thought abortion had been banned. Health news is also from Maryland, Maine, Georgia, and Nevada, as well.
Congressional lawmakers return to work after a recess with President Joe Biden's covid stimulus plan at the top of their agenda.
Federal data showed that 78% of all participants in clinical trials dating to 2011 were white, while Latino Americans accounted for 12% and Black Americans 11%. In related news about health and racism, the FDA has issued an alert about the "limitations" of pulse oximeters.
The federal Office of Inspector General estimates that there were $4.5 billion worth of telehealth-related fraud losses in fiscal year 2020, the largest of any category and a record for Medicare fraud, Stat reports.
The White House stance that vaccinations of all teachers are not a prerequisite for in-person learning puts the Biden administration at odds with some teachers unions.
Pfizer said Friday that it submitted data to the FDA showing its vaccine is stable when stored between minus 13 degrees and 5 degrees Fahrenheit, temperatures common for pharmaceutical freezers and refrigerators, The Hill reports.
But the scenario is logistically complicated for America's 550,000 for-hire long-haul truck drivers. “A driver can’t just pull an 18-wheeler into a CVS parking lot, get the shot, and by the way come back three weeks later to get the second shot,” said Dan Horvath of the American Trucking Associations.
The Biden administration predicts that shipping of covid vaccine doses should be back on track nationally by the middle of this week and that it will still exceed its 100-million-shots-in-first-100-days goal.
The state is trying to distribute millions of bottles of water and bring in extra plumbers to fix broken pipes from an arctic blast that has left nearly 60 people dead in the region.
The incident appears to be isolated — the only confirmed case among nearly 40,000 transplants in 2020. But it has led to calls for more thorough testing of lung transplant donors.
"A significant degree of normality" should return by the fall, Dr. Anthony Fauci says, but Americans will need to continue taking precautions like wearing masks for some time into 2022.
The coronavirus infection rate has plummeted to levels not seen since the fall, with a seven-day rolling average under 65,000, The Washington Post reports. Despite the encouraging news, the pandemic continues to take a crushing toll on young adults' mental health.
President Joe Biden will commemorate the tragic milestone during a memorial ceremony as the nation struggles to fathom covid's toll.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
In a November poll of nearly 1,800 psychologists in the American Psychological Association, nearly 30% said they were seeing more patients overall, with 74% seeing more patients with anxiety disorders compared with before the pandemic.
District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said providers should use a new HHS dispute resolution process to try to resolve their issues before turning to the courts, Stat reports. Other news is on Humacyte, the AMR Action Fund and pharmaceutical reps.
Opinion writers weigh in on how policy makers can apply public health lessons from this pandemic to the future and more.
The country's health advisory committee says one shot would act like a booster shot. News is also from Brazil, China, Guinea, Congo and New Zealand.
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