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Wisconsin's high court has stuck down the governor's statewide mask mandate, and Georgia is poised to lower its remaining covid restrictions. Meanwhile, reports explain why vaccine rollouts in D.C., Maryland and elsewhere are bollixed.
A study covering 17 countries shows that maternal health complications, deaths and stillbirths rose during the pandemic. A separate CDC report shows that maternal mortality was up 15% in the U.S. in 2019 before the coronavirus had a major impact.
News outlets cover the latest research on how effective the Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca vaccines are in protecting against the variants first identified in the United Kingdom and South Africa.
In other covid research news, separate studies show covid variants can also infect mice, and that breathing activities like shouting do produce more aerosols, potentially spreading illnesses like covid.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
In covid news from around the world, only 20% of covid sufferers with symptoms took tests in the U.K.; Poland unexpectedly rolls out widespread covid vaccines for the over 40s; and India opens vaccine eligibility to over 45s, which will impact global vaccine exports.
Bat or pangolin? Yunnan or somewhere in Southeast Asia? The initial source of the coronavirus remains a mystery as China tries to deflect the focus to other places.
Worries rise that the more contagious B.1.1.7 coronavirus variant first identified in the U.K. will cause another surge, as the CDC notes it's the most prevalent strain found in five states. Meanwhile an uptick in infection numbers is reported.
U.S. Deaths in 2020: 3.3 million. Covid was the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. "Continued messaging and training for professionals who complete death certificates remains important as the pandemic progresses," researchers said.
Editorial pages tackle these public health issues.
Opinion writers weigh in on vaccines, long haulers, covid-19 and vaccine passports.
In other public health news, retailers are pressured on toxic chemicals in products and will mask wearing never go away?
In other news from across the states, a report highlights dangerous lead in a Florida factory; lines are reportedly short at Florida's covid vaccination sites; Colorado battles vaccine hesitancy; and the Baltimore Sun reports on Maryland's efforts to assure vaccine equity.
In other news of covid, pandemic research, Cleveland Clinic partners with IBM, T cells fight covid variants, and socio-economic disparities made clearer.
A report highlights Lenox Hill Hospital charging health insurers nearly 30 times the typical cost of covid tests. Elsewhere the FCC plans to update its telehealth program, and Blue Cross North Carolina is set to be one of the first insurers to end covid cost-sharing protections.
The World Health Organization warned that doctors, nurses and medical staff report higher levels of anxiety and depression. Meanwhile health care workers deaths reach 3,605, according to a KHN and Guardian investigation.
The Democrats may try to use the Congressional Review Act to overturn Trump-era Department of Health and Human Services rules. And proposed Medicare changes are also in the works.
In other reproductive health news, Texas lawmakers approve six anti-abortion bills; Kentucky passes a constitutional amendment denying the right to abortion in the state; and Delaware begins to erase its 19th-Century law making abortion a felony.
Medicaid reimbursement reductions loom in many states which could endanger safety-net hospitals that did not fare well during the pandemic. News on Medicaid is also reported from Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Mississippi.
President Joe Biden and his administration must now cope with a dangerous spike in covid cases while many governors ignore his pleas for continued vigilance. Also, inside the White House pandemic briefings.
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