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The residents had been moved to a warehouse where conditions were found too squalid for safety. However, some deaths may be unrelated to the storm or conditions in the warehouse, AP reports.
The report noted that Latinos as a group have the highest percentage of people without health insurance than any other ethnicity in the United States, Axios reported.
The Department of Defense is potentially putting national security at risk and also hasn't developed strategies to mitigate disruptions, a report from the Office of the Inspector General says.
As Stat reports, many have argued that the separate racial thresholds for classifying kidney disease underestimate the extent of disease in Black patients, leaving them less likely to receive the care they need or to be placed on waitlists for transplants.
About 100 doctors and scientists issued a statement Thursday warning of possible links between the use of acetaminophen during pregnancy and developmental problems in children.
Americans' economic worries show no signs of abating as the pandemic drags on.
The pair of intertwined spending bills continues to tangle up Capitol Hill as a group of progressive Democrats say they will vote against the infrastructure bill if it comes to the floor — as scheduled on Sept. 27 — before the budget reconciliation package. And even as Democratic leaders announce a "framework" for the latter, some Democrats are not impressed.
Elsewhere in Montana, the public health officer in Blaine County is resigning because of the “constant negativity, pushback, disregard and lack of support” throughout the pandemic, AP reports.
Communications obtained by a House committee, provide a window into White House priorities ahead of last November's election, as well as in the months following. Separately, a survey outlines how pandemic views were shaped by the Trump administration's early-days messaging.
Just weeks after the justices declined to block a Texas state law that bans the procedure after 6 weeks of pregnancy, they are again being asked to step in by abortion providers who say the restrictions are harming patients.
The Buckeye State is on CNN's list of the 18 states that have yet to fully vaccinate at least half of its eligible residents. Is your state on the list?
In Alaska — the state with the current highest covid rate — health workers face anger and threats while coping with limited resources, the Anchorage Daily News reports. Troubles in Kentucky, Nebraska and Arizona are also in the news.
Chief Executive Stéphane Bancel told a Swiss newspaper that vaccine makers will produce enough doses in that time to inoculate "everyone on earth." But it's going to bee an uphill climb: only 16 nations so far have hit a 70% vaccination rate.
Also in education news, money flows from the Biden administration to a Florida school district penalized by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration over a mask mandate; regular testing at schools in Omaha, Nebraska, doubles covid detection; and more.
In the final stage of the regulatory process, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky signed off on third doses for frontline and high-risk workers. That decision was unusual as it aligned with FDA approval criteria but overruled the guidance reached by a CDC advisory panel yesterday. The Pfizer covid vaccine booster is also available for anyone 65 or older starting Friday.
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From 2015 to 2019, the number of overall deaths in the U.S. linked to methamphetamines rose about 180%. As NPR reports, researchers also found another worrisome trend: the rapid transition of casual and recreational meth use into full-blown addiction for many people.
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