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He and the state attorney general filed a petition to halt a judge's order requiring face masks inside schools and businesses. Meanwhile, U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona confirmed he had spoken to Abbott and relayed his concerns about the state’s covid policies as hospitalizations spike.
While data on exactly how many patients are affected is not forthcoming, the European Union has said it's investigating erythema multiforme, glomerulonephritis and nephrotic syndrome links to Pfizer's and Moderna's covid shots. Fierce Pharma reports "few" people are affected, Reuters says "a small number."
But the coronavirus poses a big risk to a healthy pregnancy, other research found. So in the face of the surging delta variant, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now recommending that pregnant women get the shot. Only about 23% in the U.S. have received at least one dose to date.
The Food and Drug Administration is expected as soon as Thursday to expand its emergency use authorization to allow a third dose of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for people who are immunocompromised.
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The unconstitutional laws include banning telemedicine consults between doctors and people seeking abortions. In other news, another prolonged heat wave is predicted to hit the Pacific Northwest; heat death data is hard to find; "forever" chemicals at military sites; and more.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
The U.K.'s daily case count slipped to 23,510 on Tuesday, but 146 new deaths was the highest since March 12. Meanwhile, data from the U.K. suggests that delta covid can be "held in check" with the right tactics. Separately, anti-vaccine protesters tried -- and failed -- to storm the BBC's offices.
A study in JAMA Psychiatry notes that roughly twice as many Muslims in a survey reported a suicide attempt compared other religious groups--religious discrimination and community stigma are blamed. In other public health news, nearly 60,000 pounds of chicken products are recalled over salmonella.
The poll from the University of Chicago and the Associated Press showed 7 in 10 Americans trust doctors to do the right thing either most, or all the time. Also in the news: N95 staff fit tests, real world health data, sleep tracking, anti-trust, telemedicine fraud and more.
The newly introduced legislation also includes efforts to improve infection control and bolster health care inspections. The AP reports, meanwhile, on efforts among hospital physicians to unionize at Rehoboth McKinley Christian Hospital amid the upheaval in staffing amid the pandemic.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services report that 1.8 million people have signed up under healthcare.gov, while an additional 723,000 enrolled on state marketplaces.
Cole County Circuit Judge Jon Beetem rejected a request for at least a two-month delay. Other news is on the growth of Medicare Advantage and Medicare coverage for seniors.
President Joe Biden will meet with CEOs from United Airlines Holdings Inc. and Kaiser Permanente to encourage companies to follow their vaccine mandate lead. News outlets report on restrictions, and vaccine and mask mandates, in hospitals and elsewhere as well as some reactions they provoke.
Following a hurricane preparedness meeting between President Joe Biden and senior FEMA officials, the White House warned of the importance of having a covid shot if people are required to evacuate during storms. Reports say vaccine rates have nearly doubled from July's figures.
Fazze, a Russian advertising agency working on behalf of an unknown client, paid social media influencers to spread bad information about the Pfizer and AstraZeneca covid shots. Separately, Sen. Rand Paul and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene were both temporarily suspended from social media platforms for posting false covid-related information.
As Dr. Anthony Fauci voiced support for requiring teaching staff to be covid-vaccinated, reports say California Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to order staff get shots or submit to regular testing to prove they're not infected. Meanwhile, outlets cover other masking and vaccine news in schools.
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