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The B.1.1.7 variant, first identified in the United Kingdom, is 45% more transmissible than the original covid strain, researchers say. And scientists say two California variants are about 20% more infectious than the original virus.
Officials at the maximum-security prison at Fort Madison didn't say how much extra of the Pfizer vaccine the prisoners received. In other news: Dallas kicks off its first in-home vaccination program; the governors of Iowa and Pennsylvania implore residents to get vaccinated; and more.
In other news, people who experienced "breakthrough" covid infections after being fully vaccinated appeared to suffer only mild illness.
While marking the achievement of vaccinating 200 million within his first 100 days in office, President Joe Biden warned the job is not done. As supply begins to outpace demand, the administration is offering tax incentives to encourage businesses to make getting the shot more convenient for employees.
None of the potentially contaminated Johnson & Johnson shots produced at the Baltimore Emergency BioSolutions were ever distributed, but 15 million doses had to be discarded. The latest report says more may be compromised.
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Elsewhere around the world, medical ethicists in the U.K. say terminally ill people should get access to general anesthesia, and in Mexico the president is vaccinated after "waffling" about the shot.
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A federal judge says Los Angeles must house Skid Row's population by October. Elsewhere, Oklahoma reports the lowest blood donations since the pandemic began, Arizona's governor vetoes a restrictive sex-ed bill and Montana's Senate blocks a bill that would ban gender-affirming surgery for minors.
People who consistently reported sleeping six hours or fewer were about 30% more likely than people who got seven hours of sleep to be diagnosed with dementia three decades later. A separate study found that women who slept poorly were nearly twice as likely to report a lack of interest in sex.
“In order to run ads, advertisers will need to provide documentation showing they are permitted under state law to sell health insurance,” Google said in a blog post.
Some hospitals are offering workers bonuses for getting their covid vaccine. Meanwhile, medical workers have shifted from crisis management to incorporating covid into their daily work.
Reports highlight research on a twice-per-year opioid addiction vaccine, a drug that may induce complete remissions in patients with advanced leukemia, an antiviral drug targeting covid and a new CRISPR-based tool that targets mutations causing sickle cell.
The new stimulus money allotted by the Biden administration couldn't have come too soon. Separately, the USDA moves to extend universal free lunch for youths with food insecurity, and reports say the weakened pandemic economy hit Black Texans much worse than white people in the state.
Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas told Stat that he is temporarily blocking Chiquita Brooks-LaSure's confirmation after the Biden administration last week rejected his state's request to extend a Medicaid waiver.
Variants, infections among younger people and covid fatigue are blamed for the alarming rises in states like Michigan, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania. And a new study indicates that virus transmission in schools may be higher than thought.
New York was the first. Meanwhile, some airlines say they want to see proof of vaccination, but they won't call it a "vaccine passport."
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