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One child told his parents his devices were his "whole life." The trend impacts mental health and suppresses melatonin, causing sleep disruption. Other news is on rising hospitalizations for children and more cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome, as well.
Across the country, weary medical personnel are embracing the freedoms that come with getting the covid vaccine. One nurse in Colorado Springs says she has ditched wearing a stifling N95 mask for her entire shift and instead uses just a surgical mask unless interacting with covid-positive patients.
Doctors said the lock-out at Heights Hospital, now largely an outpatient clinic, happened without notice. News is on antitrust regulators studying the impact of physician practice mergers, as well.
Rochelle Walensky says she expects there will be 500,000 covid deaths in the U.S. by mid-February.
The agency will also give Part D plans the ability to create a "preferred" specialty tier of high-cost drugs with lower cost-sharing for enrollees by Jan. 1, 2022. That change could mean lower prices for expensive medications, Modern Healthcare reports.
While Joe Biden is hours away from being sworn in as the next president, his team is already coping with the noncentralized pandemic response strategy inherited from the Trump administration. A prime example: New York wants to buy vaccine directly from Pfizer.
President Donald Trump late on Monday said he planned to allow noncitizens to come to the U.S. from England and Brazil with proof of a negative covid test.
Federal Paycheck Protection Program loans went to organizations that challenged the safety of vaccines and spread misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, according to data obtained after news organizations sued for it.
But the Virginia Department of Health is standing by its translation, which came from Google Translate. Other news is on Microsoft's campus being used as a vaccination site, the definition of an "essential" worker and more.
And in other good news, hospitalizations are also dropping in some states.
The administration of over 330,000 doses of Moderna's covid vaccine were halted in California as health officials investigate "higher than usual" reactions that occurred at San Diego County’s drive-through mass vaccination site at Petco Park.
The most populous state in the U.S. rapidly jumped from 2 million new coronavirus cases to 3 million since Christmas. In another dire sign, the backlog of bodies forces California to suspend cremation limits.
To mark the tragic — and some say avoidable — milestone, news outlets examine leaders' missteps and a lack of a national strategy that led us here.
Cases caused by the L452R strain -- first identified last year in Denmark -- have been identified in at least 11 California counties, including Los Angeles and San Francisco. Health officials stress that they don't know yet how contagious this variant will be or how it will respond to the vaccines.
B.1.1.7; B.1.351; P.1: While viruses commonly mutate, worried scientists rush to keep up with all of the emerging coronavirus variants — fearing one that could prove to be even deadlier.
Some state leaders feel lied to by the Trump administration about the availability of additional vaccines, believing the federal government was ramping up supplies.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy. This week's selections include stories on covid, Tommy Lasorda, sperm donors, marijuana use and more.
Editorial pages focus on these covid topics, on the impact of the pandemic on people of color and the physically challenged, and on other public health topics, as well.
But Health Canada, the federal panel that approved the vaccine, says the second shot must be given within 21 days of the first. News is from Israel, Norway, China and Japan, as well.
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