In Just A Month, US Jumps From 300,000 To 400,000 Deaths
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.
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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.
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.
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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Prosecutors in Michigan on Thursday announced 41 counts against nine former government officials, Among them: former Health and Human Services Director Nick Lyon and former Chief Medical Executive Eden Wells, who each face nine counts of involuntary manslaughter for their alleged roles in a Legionnaires’ outbreak.
Sleep quality also suffers in people who worked longer. News reports are on rising cases of near-sightedness, Disneyland refunds, and more.
After partnering with Pfizer on the mRNA technique in the first covid vaccine, the German company claims its experiment in treating lab mice with another mRNA vaccine stopped symptoms of the debilitating disease.
A report from Stat says the purchase could give Google an advantage in clinical trials and in the employer market interested in rewarding workers healthy habits. News is on the system rewarding higher insulin prices and an expected approval of a new drug from Aurinia to treat a serious kidney disease.
Meanwhile, a new study backs up previous research that men are more likely to test positive, have complications and die from covid infections than women, regardless of age.
HHS and Operation Warp Speed officials are trying to increase the public's awareness of the covid treatment option, which are in good supply but work best when administered to patients in the early days of illness.
Some workers consider the testing of the vaccine to be inadequate. Other health care personnel news reports on dentists who are unable to get the vaccine and nurses who are burnt out and leaving jobs.
The rule finalized by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would significantly impact how the Affordable Care Act exchanges are run.
Administrators across the country are drawing up "crisis standards care" as the covid surge shows no sign of relenting. And in Los Angeles, ambulances circle for hours, unable to find ERs that can accept patients.
With the clock ticking down on this administration, Trump agency officials push through 11th-hour changes that would impact federal scientists' ability to remain nonpolitical, buprenorphine prescribing, Medicaid and more.
Despite President Donald Trump's campaign promise, White House officials say there is not enough time left to deliver on the plan.
For Blacks, the projected life expectancy would shorten by 2.10 years to 72.78 years, and for Latinos, by 3.05 years to 78.77 years. Whites are also affected, but their projected decline is much smaller — 0.68 years — to a life expectancy of 77.84 years, ScienceDaily reports.
In the U.S., new targets are for each company to deliver 200 million doses by the end of July. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump asks lawmakers to claw back billions in funding to international vaccine and health initiatives. Congress is not expected to act on the request.
According to mortality data analyzed by The New York Times, the nation has already passed that tragic mark with over 400,000 more Americans dead than would normally be since last March. And no end is sight, with a sustained 200,000 new cases or more reported every day.
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