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The implants use transformed tissue that replicates spinal cord development in embryos. Separately, reports say that patients suffering depression can respond well to transcranial magnetic stimulation. Eli Lilly, drug development at Merck, and future cancer therapies are also in the news.
Meanwhile, University of Chicago Medicine will build a $663 million cancer hospital in the city's South Side; ConcertoCare has raised $105 million to expand home care services beyond its eight-state business; and integrated academic health system OU Health has named its first CEO.
In a study in primates, an omicron booster shot offered protection against the variant, but it did not appear to offer more protection than the original Moderna vaccine.
A lawsuit alleges the state Department of Health violated public records laws by turning down requests for daily covid figures.
News outlets cover covid rules across the country, including Nevada being among the last nine states with strict indoor mask rules, and the controversy over a recent Johns Hopkins study over the ineffectiveness of lockdowns.
The site, called Goodbill, uploads your insurance card and the bar codes on the tests and automates the insurance process for the user, according to Crain's Detroit Business.
An estimated 18,000 health care jobs were added in January, up from December's 14,300 total, even as omicron covid hospitalizations soared. Separately, hospital executives say that recruitment and staff retention is their top priority.
A group of doctors and public health advocacy organizations are urging senators to confirm Dr. Robert Califf as the next head of the Food and Drug Administration. Califf himself is also trying to reassure key lawmakers that he will work to improve the agency's accelerated approval process for new drugs.
The Department of Agriculture issued new "bridge" standards Friday for meals served in schools, starting next fall, that are intended to restart efforts to offer healthier food. Stricter government rules were eased during the pandemic.
As the nation passed this terrible milestone, President Joe Biden on Friday urged the unvaccinated to reconsider and estimated that over 1 million American lives have been saved by the covid vaccines.
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Afrigen Biologics and Vaccines, from Cape Town, has nearly built a copy of Moderna's mRNA covid vaccine after Moderna refused a partnership request. Separate reports say Africa's covid vaccine effort needs an extra $1.29 billion in funding to boost the rollout to more people.
Though the strain may have been circulating for a few decades, the report identifying the strain says existing HIV meds work just as well against it. Separately, the University of Texas Health Science Center is seeking volunteers to take part in an mRNA-based HIV vaccine.
The pair of former employees, now being sued by the company, are accused of stealing secrets related to obesity and diabetes medicines. In other news, poor sales of its new Alzheimer's drug Aduhelm have led to Biogen forecasting a weak financial year for 2022.
Rhode Island's attorney general is seeking information about UnitedHealthcare's role in safeguarding employees' private data. The company is also in the news for a class-action lawsuit over an alleged failure to manage $7 billion in retirement funds.
The move by Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, will limit the release of data about rates of vaccination and covid spread. Also, the Army is planning a court-martial for a junior officer for failing to follow rules on covid-19, and Los Angeles County is preparing to loosen its covid-prevention restrictions.
The seven-day average that ended Jan. 28 marked the slowest period since the government approved covid shots for that age group on Nov. 2, Bloomberg said. Just 31% have received the vaccine.
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