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The measure would fully subsidize health care coverage on the Affordable Care Act exchanges for people earning up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level and those on unemployment insurance.
Republican Rep. Ron Wright of Texas was hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19. Wright was also being treated for lung cancer.
Pennsylvania has not translated vaccine distribution information for people who don't speak English. Other vaccine rollout obstacles are also reported.
FDA and CDC officials are investigating 36 cases — including one death — of immune thrombocytopenia, or a lack of platelets, a blood component essential for clotting. All of the cases occurred in people who recently received either the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine, but health officials say the timing could be coincidental.
Despite concerns over costs and efficacy, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said that the idea of requiring negative covid tests for domestic air travel is being discussed.
Despite concerns over efficacy against the coronavirus variant found in South Africa, the World Health Organization said the shot created by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford is effective at preventing severe cases of covid that can lead to hospitalization and death.
New confirmed coronavirus cases stayed below 100,000 for a second day. Despite the positive trend, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky warned that new variants could drive numbers back up -- especially because the risks of reinfection are still not known.
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Opinion writers weigh in on these policy issues and several public health issues as well.
The United Kingdom is also planning a program of booster vaccines later in the fall to fight new variants. Less successful efforts are being reported in the European Union and Mexico.
Editorial page writers express views about the importance of delivering vaccines to communities of color and other public health issues.
"People are ready to party," said 25-year-old Tampa Bay fan Kyle Bradshaw. Public health news is on the opioid epidemic, hidden fees for services and more.
Justice Amy Coney Barrett has tipped the the court in favor of religious liberty vs. state public health decisions. News reports look at covid in zoos and mental health issues, as well.
Under the plan, millions of families would start in July getting $250 a month for each child. Caps would depend on total income.
Construction is set to begin Wednesday on the 22,000-square-foot facility for Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drugs that will produce generic versions of prescription drugs. Other pharmaceutical news is on Keytruda, aducanumab and 23andMe. Also, cancer researcher Emil Freireich, 93, who helped devise treatments for childhood leukemia, has died.
The American Hospital Association wrote a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services last week, urging it to take action on both policies.
In his first national TV interview since taking office, President Joe Biden also discussed vaccination plans and the difficulties in achieving herd immunity in the U.S.
Other covid-19 research news is on colchicine, genetic "recombination" of the virus, surveillance sequencing and more.
An initial group of 222 service members will be deployed to a vaccination site in California in the coming days, the Defense Department said Friday.
The good news is that the U.S. recorded its first under-100,000 new cases in a single day for the first time in months. The bad is that the trend may not last long. Infectious-disease experts weigh the impact of the vaccine and variants to predict the pandemic's path.
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