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Chiquita Brooks-LaSure was a top official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services during the Obama administration and has served as a health advisor during the Biden transition. If confirmed, she would be the first Black woman to be CMS administrator.
Democratic Sens. Tim Kiaine (Va.) and Michael Bennet (Colo.) modified a bill they first released in October 2017. In other health care news from Capitol Hill, the stimulus bill continues to make its way through committees.
As different coronavirus variants surge in the country, large-scale plans to genetically track them and improve testing systems and supplies are unveiled.
As vaccines are distributed across the U.S., some are volunteering to receive a test dose even as other groups are reluctant. And the vulnerable homeless are hard to reach.
Amid questions on normalcy and reopened schools, vaccinating teachers is deemed a "priority" not a "requirement" by the White House.
News on the vaccine rollout is from Florida, Pennsylvania, Iowa, California, Maine, Arkansas and Massachusetts.
Experiments suggest a coronavirus variant first reported in South Africa seems partly resistant to Pfizer's vaccine, sparking concern as other variants spread.
At least two dozen people have died from fire or carbon monoxide poisoning while trying to stay warm. Austin hospitals are running out of water and residents in some parts of the states are warned to boil water before drinking -- which is nearly impossible for those without power.
''They're extremely dangerous,'' says Steve K. Francis, assistant director of Homeland Security Investigations, of counterfeit N95 masks. News reports look at upcoming new mask standards and benefits of double masking.
And in Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has threatened to take away coronavirus vaccines from communities that criticize his distribution efforts.
The drop in new covid infections also continues to drop in both the U.S. and globally.
The rapid decline in the first half of 2020 -- the biggest since World War II -- was even worse for some racial groups: Black Americans lost nearly three years of life expectancy while Hispanics lost two, according to CDC estimates. And the full 2020 numbers are expected to be even more catastrophic.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages focus on these pandemic topics and others.
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Bluebird Bio said a patient treated more than five years with its Lentiglobin gene therapy was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia, and a second patient has myelodysplastic syndrome.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Georgia's Department of Education stated that the school system in Savannah did not allow teams to consider all components of students’ educational needs during periods of remote instruction. News is from Maine, California, and Florida, as well.
A spokeswoman for Amazon disputed the claims, saying the company cared “deeply about the health and safety” of its workers. In other public health news: a California tech executive apologizes for a superspreader event; the NBA copes with a covid outbreak; alcohol use is on the rise; and more.
In other health care industry news, the co-founders of Home Depot are teaming up on a new nationwide mental health network.
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