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Approval to administer the Moderna mRNA vaccine to those ages 12 to 17 may not come until January, as the Food and Drug Administration tells Moderna that it's pushing out the timeline in order to review more data about the rare risks of heart inflammation.
It would be the last hurdle before children ages 5 to 11 could start receiving the covid shot, after the Food and Drug Administration signed off Friday. Because of the smaller doses, logistics for this rollout will be more complex than for adults. So the White House is warning parents that it may take time.
The proceedings begin at 10 a.m. ET and various news outlets are streaming. The public hearing, which will cover two challenges to the new Texas law, could reveal larger clues about the future of abortion access across the U.S.
While it's likely a vast undercount, the official pandemic death toll surpassed 5 million. “When we get out our microscopes, we see that within countries, the most vulnerable have suffered most,” an infectious disease specialist told the AP.
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In the U.S., the future of vaping and e-cigarettes is under official review, but reports say England may be the first country to actually prescribe e-cigarettes to people trying to quit regular cigarette smoking. AI in medical devices and the $23 billion cost to fight covid globally are also reported.
Bob Dean has laid off around 1,000 workers as his licenses to run nursing homes remain revoked by the Louisiana Department of Health due to controversies over deaths during Hurricane Ida. Meanwhile, a Texas nurse who fatally injected four patients with air has been sentenced to death.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said an estimated 20,160 people died in crashes between January and June, the largest number of projected fatalities in that time window since 2006 and 18% up on 2020's figures. Separately, the CDC issued warnings over inedible glitter on cakes.
AP reports on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention moves to lower cutoff measures for lead poisoning in children, which may more than double the number of kids ages 1 to 5 counted as having high levels of the toxin in their blood. News outlets also cover cancer drugs from Merck and Rafael.
The National Union of Healthcare Workers is the latest to support strikes at Kaiser Permanente over alleged staffing shortages and poor patient access to mental care. Meanwhile, reports say a Massachusetts health network has been hacked, and thousands of patients' data may have been exposed.
The U.S. government could pay out over $1 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports, in an effort to resolve various lawsuits filed on behalf of families affected by the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance immigration policy in 2018. Other Biden administration news reports on the "sunset" rule, health care fraud and more.
It's coming to Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan and Texas.
News outlets report on the latest state abortion law developments and look ahead to what the U.S. landscape would look like if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Meanwhile, against the backdrop of an escalating abortion debate, President Joe Biden meets with Pope Francis.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports health care practitioners in Georgia have been accused of spreading misinformation about covid, vaccines and unapproved treatments like ivermectin. Separately, you're 18 times more likely to die of covid in Wisconsin if unvaccinated.
The district's Board of Education approved plans that say children over 12 still unvaccinated in January will be transferred to independent study schools or dropped from public school enrollment. News outlets report on other matters relating to children and covid, including the rollout of vaccines.
Florida is challenging the federal vaccine mandate for government contractors in court. In Missouri, Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, issued an executive order targeting federal covid vaccine mandates. In Iowa, Governor Kim Reynolds, a Republican, plans to sign a bill protecting exemptions. In Tennessee, Republican lawmakers plan to limit mask rules and vaccine passports.
Roll Call reports that military officials may be reversing plans to immediately fire unvaccinated troops once deadlines pass. Separately, a district court judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday that prevents both civilian and active-duty military plaintiffs from being terminated after they sued the Biden administration over religious exemptions to covid-19 vaccines.
In a big win for the pharmaceutical lobby, the White House is abandoning all proposals aimed at lowering prescription drug costs in the scaled back social spending bill framework unveiled Thursday. Additional Medicare and paid family leave measures were also eliminated, while some Medicaid changes made the cut.
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