Different Takes: Understanding Vaccine Hesitancy; Vaccine Equity More Important Than Passports
Opinion writers weigh in on vaccine and covid issues.
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Research Roundup: Covid; Antibiotic Use; Parkinson’s Disease; Melanoma
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
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EU, UK Fret Over AstraZeneca Vaccine Issues; CureVac Version Makes Progress
People under 30 won't get the AstraZeneca covid vaccine in the UK, but the EU is only acknowledging "possible" blood clot risks for the vaccine. Meanwhile CureVac may be close to gaining approval as an alternative.
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Food Aid Cuts Begin In Wisconsin
In other news from the states, Iowa passes changes in mental health funding, and six Atlanta schools will get more access to mental health services.
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Gender Bias Found In Pain Relief
Women's pain is as intense as men's pain, but doctors and nurses often view women's pain as less intense. In other public health news, tracking STDs fell off during the pandemic because health officials were busy tracking covid.
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More States Move To Legalize Marijuana
Add Virginia, Texas, Montana and Alabama to the growing list of states that are loosening or considering changes in restrictions on marijuana use.
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European Officials Target Merck For Predatory Pricing
Merck settles its "predatory pricing" case in Austria. Also, how the home covid-testing business is growing, and a JAMA podcast is scrutinized for saying racism doesn't exist in medicine.
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Opioid Epidemic May Have Killed 90,000 In 2020
In other news, Georgia officials raise an alert about overdoses from counterfeit fentanyl, Maine police give out fentanyl test kits and a federal judge warns of government lawsuit risks for pharmacies.
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Lifting Of Pandemic Prior-Authorization Procedures Was Brief
A number of studies and surveys examine how various aspects of health care were affected by the pandemic, including patients taking medicines, cardiac arrests at home and c-sections.
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States Claw Back Covid Restrictions
Georgia plans to lift all restrictions while North Dakota, Ohio and Florida take steps against mandating masks or shots.
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Medicaid Work Requirements Rescinded In Michigan And Wisconsin
The work requirements, championed by the Trump administration, were instituted in some conservative states during Medicaid program expansions. In other news about the program for low-income Americans, Missouri lawmakers who refused to accept voters' decision last fall to expand Medicaid have redistributed money that the government said would support the expansion.
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As Covid Variants Take Hold, U.S. Has Few Options To Make More Vaccine
Politico examines the vaccine "manufacturing gap" and reports that experts say the United States has little capacity to manufacture revised vaccines or booster shots alongside the original versions. This comes as public health officials raise concerns about the increasing prevalence of variants of the covid virus.
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Covid Shots Hit Target: 1 In 4 US Adults Fully Vaccinated
In other news, nearly 90% of college students say they will get vaccinated, as a growing list of universities say they'll mandate covid vaccines before the fall. Also, researchers work to understand covid vaccine side effects.
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Evidence Of Another Covid Surge Abounds
More young adults are suffering severe covid cases.
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J&J Covid Vaccine Shortage Will Hit Rollout Efforts Next Week
Even as states expand covid vaccine eligibility — including to Pennsylvania's prisoners — the recent manufacturing error in a Johnson & Johnson plant will dramatically affect rollouts, with 85% fewer doses of this vaccine being sent out next week.
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First Edition: April 8, 2021
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: End Of Life Option Act Needs Revision; Is Tax Exemption For Nonprofit Hospitals Outdated?
Editorial pages weigh in on these public health issues.
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Different Takes: People Are Tired Of Pandemic Rules; Are Vaccine Passports Ethical?
Opinion writers tackle these vaccine issues.
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Perspectives: How PBMs Are Aiding Fight For Prescription-Drug Affordability
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
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Florida Lawmakers Take Aim At PBMs
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
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