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Rep. Susan Wild, D-Pa., says lawmakers were held in an area with 300-400 people, some who refused to wear masks. On Wednesday, two more Republicans in the House of Representatives announced that they had tested positive for covid, including one who had voted in person hours earlier.
Securing the two Georgia Senate runoffs sets up narrow Democratic control of both chambers of Congress. News outlets examine the implications for the Biden administration's planned health care policies.
As a mob of Trump supporters breached the Capitol complex, most of the nation watched in horror at the violent and chaotic efforts to overturn an election. Four people died and officers were injured. News outlets report on the mental toll of those events and the contested post-election weeks.
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The largest health system in New York sued more than 2,500 patients last year. It now says it will rescind any claims that were filed in 2020.
News reports also look at the slow pace of testing in Pennsylvania, positive test rates rising in parts of North Carolina and an update on South Dakota's deaths and cases.
Media outlets report on news from China, The Netherlands, England, The Philippines, and Egypt.
A company that many Americans likely never thought much about until 2020 upgrades its design for the first significant time in 70 years.
The study, which will follow survivors over age 50 or in some places over age 60, will be funded initially by the Alzheimer’s Association.
The airline advocacy groups are also supporting a CDC proposal for universal testing. Public health news is on a new law that ends flying with emotional support animals, pandemic-related changes on campuses and in sports arenas, and more.
The shift to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule comes at the expense of specialty physicians though. Other recent moves by CMS and Texas that impact Medicaid programs are also in the news.
As more cases are identified in the U.S. of the virus variant first reported in Britain, health experts warn of another coming wave of infections -- especially since young people may be most at risk for contracting it. And worries are raised over whether vaccines will be effective against the South Africa variant.
The FDA warned Monday that the Curative test poses a “risk of false results, particularly false negative results.” In related news, two more Republican lawmakers have tested positive.
In California, a broken freezer left hospital officials scrambling to disperse over 800 thawed doses. Meanwhile, Florida's vaccine rollout was also marred by website crashes.
Antibody research indicates that the total number of coronavirus cases and deaths in the U.S. so far have been vastly underreported. And the crisis deepens as the nation sets daily records for those who have died and who are hospitalized in overburdened facilities.
Concerns are particularly high for long-term care facilities, NPR reports, but the delays will also likely prolong the pandemic nationwide.
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