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It was the first Senate confirmation -- by 52-48 with two Republicans joining all Democrats and Independents -- of an openly transgender official. Dr. Rachel Levine most recently served as Pennsylvania's secretary of health.
Following questions raised by U.S. safety board officials, AstraZeneca updated its clinical trial analysis -- finding its coronavirus vaccine to be 76% effective, rather than the 79% reported Monday. The report maintains that it is 100% effective at protecting against severe covid.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers focus on these issues and more.
Editorial pages weigh in on covid and vaccines.
Elsewhere, Cuba is trying an experimental covid shot of its own, Paraguay struggles politically with offers to use China's vaccine and the E.U. plans to limit vaccine exports to other nations, echoing the U.S.' vaccine plan.
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
Other pharmaceutical news is on wearable drug-delivery systems, Boston Scientific, Fresenius Kabi Oncology and AbbVie.
In other news, Texas will expand nursing home visits for covid-vaccinated residents; nearly half of U.S. public schools reportedly are open full time; and the World Happiness Report for 2021 seems surprisingly positive.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
It's been more than three months since the government’s last announcement of a large disbursement, the Wall Street Journal reports.
New research into "long covid" is throwing a spotlight on persistent symptoms of the disease, particularly neurological ones, amid worries that there is a serious prolonged problem to be tackled.
As states from Texas to Georgia are rapidly expanding their covid vaccine eligibility to all residents over 16, military forces stationed overseas are reportedly frustrated at the Department of Defense's vaccine roll out.
A new study says covid infections among people who've been vaccinated are possible but rare. Meanwhile the IBD drug infliximab is linked to lower covid antibody counts, and CNN explores the link between beards, masks and covid risks.
Pfizer, its partner BioNTech and Moderna have scaled up production lines and are making certain raw materials themselves.
Covid vaccine maker Johnson & Johnson is given emergency authority for a pharma plant in Indiana to boost production of its single-dose covid vaccine, even as its supplies falter and the company is under pressure to deliver more shots.
After members of a U.S. safety board questioned AstraZeneca's new covid vaccine trial data, Dr. Anthony Fauci said the drug maker needs to "straighten" out its issues. Worries deepen that trust in the vaccine has taken a hit.
President Joe Biden's speech at the James Cancer Hospital on the Ohio State University campus highlighted the ways that the relief bill cuts insurance costs for some. It's part of a mini-blitz from the Biden administration -- HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra visited Nevada.
Senators reached an agreement, Stat reports, that will renew a 2% bump in what Medicare pays hospitals and other health care providers through 2021. The future of possible funding cuts to Medicare is also in the news.
By a 57-43 vote, the Senate approved Dr. Vivek Murthy's return to a role he held during the Obama administration.
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