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Justices ruled that an Arkansas law can be used to regulate pharmacy benefit managers. In other news, a federal district court ruled against a law requiring women seeking abortion medication to visit a doctor’s office.
The goals are to ensure that care is not delayed, integrity is maintained and administrative costs aren't increasing, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a statement.
The FDA issues an emergency use authorization for a COVID test that can be purchased without a prescription. Erectile dysfunction drug is recalled; Amazon's new band gets a mixed review.
Efforts to pass an omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government until Oct. 1, 2021, are hung up in a fight over how to pay for veterans' health care.
Suspending liability for employers of health care workers stricken by COVID was an issue, but negotiations hung up on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's refusal to support $160 billion in aid to states and municipalities.
News outlets focus on five things to know about the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and how long immunity lasts, as well.
Hospital personnel, yes. But where do teachers, airline pilots, farmworkers and food servers fall in the queue to get the vaccine?
The chief of the scientific publications branch and editor-in-chief of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report at at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said she was told to delete an email from a Trump operative working inside Health and Human Services.
And how much will roll out? Two questions that the Trump administration is still unclear about.
Dr. Michael Osterholm, who is one of President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus advisers, warned people to stay away from large celebrations this year. Also, several outlets look at how groups are scaling back their celebrations or deciding how to travel safely.
The messaging has been wrong, CDC director Robert Redfield said: "It's very disappointing when I have governors who basically feel that masks don't work." His agency predicts a death toll of 362,000 in the U.S. by Jan. 2.
The vaccine failed to trigger the desired immune response in people ages 50 and older, forcing the company to rethink its antigen formulation. The news is a blow for many governments who had ordered millions of doses of the shot, including the United States.
Engineering a fix could take a year. The episode shows why governments seek multiple sources of vaccines.
The company announced Thursday that it has begun dosing children as young as 12 with its mRNA vaccine. The 3,000 healthy participants will receive two doses, 28 days apart.
The benefits outweigh the risks, a committee of experts advised Thursday in a 17-4 vote, with one person abstaining. The FDA is likely to sign off soon; shots could begin going into arms in just days.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic issues and other public health issues, as well.
Editorial pages focus on topics related to vaccines and their distribution.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Canada also approved it and expects to authorize Moderna's vaccine soon. Other global news includes concerns of vaccine hoarding by rich countries and a directive for China's airline pilots to wear diapers rather than risk COVID infection using aircraft bathrooms.
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