First Edition: March 23, 2021
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Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on mental health, vaccine inequity and more.
In other news around the world, the UK has passed a covid vaccine milestone with half of all adults receiving their first shot; European countries are suffering another big wave of infections; and worries spread the pandemic has affected Mexico's battle against Chagas.
Opinion writers tackle these covid-19 issues.
In other news from Florida: Doctors push back against allegations that the medical marijuana program is being used by people getting high for fun. Other news is from Idaho and California.
Meanwhile, the CEO of the Texas Roadhouse restaurant chain has died by suicide after suffering post-covid symptoms, including severe tinnitus. Other reports note children can be long-haul covid patients, too, and research shows 17% of U.K. covid patients had a skin rash as the first symptom.
New data show the percentage has skyrocketed since a sales ban was overturned in 2016. In other news, experts urge caution over melatonin doses for kids and new data suggest more body fat may prevent women dying from heart conditions.
A new USA Today/Ipsos survey confirms the prevalence of attitudes that are fueling an increase in physical assaults and verbal abuse against Asian people in the U.S. Meanwhile, President Joe Biden urges Congress to pass the Covid-19 Hate Crimes Act.
The Wall Street Journal found that hundreds of hospitals have embedded code in their websites that prevents search engines from displaying pages with the price lists. The newspaper examined more than 3,100 sites. The previously confidential information must be disclosed under a new federal rule.
Questions swirl around the millions of J&J covid shots left in storage as the national vaccine rollout expands, stuttering in some places and succeeding in others--with some slower, steadier state plans showing the most promise.
Amid debates whether pregnant women should get covid vaccines and concerns that health care workers aren't being prioritized for doses, the CDC confirms 16.7% of U.S. adults are now fully vaccinated against the virus.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign a new measure to ensure all veterans, their spouses and caregivers will be eligible to get covid vaccines as soon as availability allows. Elsewhere, California, Maryland and Tennessee are about to dramatically expand vaccine eligibility.
The covid pandemic has forced another White House crackdown — this time canceling the traditional Easter Egg Roll, hosted by the first lady. In other news, five White House staffers have been fired for past drug use, and Vice President Kamala Harris will visit Florida today to promote the covid stimulus plan.
Under sequestration, the recent stimulus bill would trigger budget reductions to Medicare as well as other social safety net programs.
While highly contagious variants spread, more Americans travel and states loosen restrictions, there is hope that past infections and vaccinations can tamp down a fourth surge in the U.S.
Emergency curfews are also in place as the South Florida city tries to control unruly crowds refusing to follow covid precautions. Over the weekend, SWAT teams were employed, who used pepper balls and arrested over 1,000 people.
When attending school in person, the CDC now says students need only keep 3 feet apart for safe covid distance. But the new rules apply only under certain circumstances, including being in an area with low community transmission.
And it provides 100% protection against severe illness and hospitalization, according to new U.S.-based testing of the vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford. The results are an important step toward U.S. authorization of a fourth jab.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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