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Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett on Thursday denied an emergency relief request challenging Indiana University's requirement that all students and employees get the covid shot. It's the first time the Supreme Court has weighed in on a vaccine mandate during the pandemic.
San Francisco and New Orleans will require proof of vaccination to enter any inside venue, including bars and restaurants — and the Superdome, too. Meanwhile, Maine will become one of the first states to require covid shots for all hospital employees.
Nearly a third of those who work for the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as an additional 245,000 Department of Veteran Affairs staffers, contractors or volunteers, are now covered under the expanded vaccination order.
The Food and Drug Administration now recommends that Americans who have weaker immune systems can get a booster shot of the Moderna or Pfizer vaccine at least 28 days after their second dose. The change does not impact people who got the Johnson & Johnson shot.
Citing Americans who skip or conserve medications because of costs, President Joe Biden urged lawmakers to include a series of measures in the $3.5 trillion budget plan under negotiation on the Hill that he says could help bring down "outrageously expensive" prescription drugs.
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A report in the Washington Post sets out some of the numbers for expired covid vaccine disposal and costs, with North Carolina alone set to dispose of nearly 1 million doses. News on covid also comes from Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Germany and more.
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Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department for Family and Protective Services to make the ruling. Meanwhile in Virginia, the Loudon County School Board controversially approved policies that expand and protect the rights of transgender students.
A study found that 67% of calories consumed by kids and adolescents in 2018 were in ultra-processed foods; the biggest jump was for ready-to-eat foods. Also: West Nile virus is found in Louisville, salmonella sickens more people and air travel sees a decline.
News outlets report on another heat wave affecting the Pacific Northwest, noting authorities have had to set up public air-conditioned cooling centers and distribute water to protect vulnerable citizens. A heat death murder in Georgia, and an air quality warning in the Bay Area are also reported.
Aetna Virtual Primary Care, the new service, available under self-funded employer plans, gives access to telemedicine and in-person care. Meanwhile, a cyberattack cost Scripps Health $113 million, and Apple aims to expand its digital health initiative, sharing more data from devices with doctors.
Federal projections show overdose deaths leaped 31% between January 2020 and January 2021, with the total for 2020 a record 95,000 victims. Separate reports cover the worry that low supplies of the overdose antidote drug Naloxone will result in unnecessary deaths from opioid abuse.
Even as some low-vaccinated states run out of hospital beds, some Republican leaders are battling any sort of covid-related mandate.
A 50-bed field hospital will open and the state will get federal aid in the form of medical professionals, combating low staff numbers and a shortage of space. Surges are also reported in Iowa, New Orleans and Los Angeles County. Meanwhile, Florida settles a disagreement over its case count.
On Feb. 26, 2020 -- the early days of the looming global health emergency -- Kelley Paul bought stock in Gilead, maker of the antiviral drug remdesivir that went on to get authorization as a covid treatment. Sen. Rand Paul just disclosed his family's financial interest, 16 months later than required in what his office says was a paperwork mistake.
More schools are layering in safety requirements for the fall semester. Stanford University announced that it will require all students to test for covid every week, regardless of vaccination status. And administrators requiring vaccinations are on the lookout for fake cards.
The U.S. education secretary's stance has sharpened; Miguel Cardona previously urged teachers to get covid shots voluntarily. In Tennessee, protesters threatened people at a school board meeting after it reinstated a mask mandate for some students. "You can leave freely, but we will find you," one man said.
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