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The U.S. reaches new highs in vaccinating citizens. Dark web sites have been selling some real coronavirus vaccines, according to reports, and the threat of fake vaccine sales emerges across the globe.
After a no-bedtime reading of the 628-page relief bill, courtesy of Republican Sen. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin, senators brace for the meaningful portion of the deliberations: hours of debate and votes on amendments that will shape the final package, set to begin midday Friday.
Meanwhile anti-parasitic drug Ivermectin is ruled-out as a covid treatment by new research, and testing numbers worryingly fall off. And WHO continues its probe into the origins of the virus.
New studies warn of big miscounts of children who caught coronavirus. Other news reports describe how farmworkers have been adversely infected and how we can learn from Brazil's pandemic missteps.
The link between covid severity and obesity, a new study finds a "dramatic" connection: In countries where more than half the population is overweight, fatality rates are 10 times higher than in other nations.
At a time when new infections are threatening to surge again, a handful of governors are choosing to loosen or eliminate covid precautions. News outlets examine the factors shaping those decisions.
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Editorial pages focus on these public health issues and others.
Reports say India's vaccine is highly effective against coronavirus; Europe starts reviewing Russia's Sputnik shot and Tokyo's Olympic Officials struggle with a buggy contract-tracing app.
And in Florida, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis cheered the state's pandemic response in his State of the State address Tuesday.
Experts say anxiety, stress and depression are on the rise, including in teens, even as pandemic life goes on for the sick, tired, homeless and those in need.
The group seeks to lobby Congress to make certain pandemic-era changes permanent. One of the biggest requests is to allow hospitals to continue hospital-at-home programs, Modern Healthcare reports. Other industry news is on Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, Centene and telemedicine.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
The study at the National Institutes of Health was stopped early Tuesday. "We do not see any sign that convalescent plasma had a benefit" in ER patients at risk for more serious disease, said Dr. Simone Glynn, program scientist for the trial, as reported in USA Today.
At issue are a wealthy community in the Florida Keys, a senior center in the Gulf Coast community of Pinellas Park and vaccines meant for Black residents that instead went to white residents in Palm Beach County. Other news is from Maryland and Minnesota.
California officials believe that focusing on vulnerable neighborhoods will get vaccinations where they are needed most and speed up reopenings. A report of underdosing at a mass vaccination site in Oakland is also debunked.
The CDC reports that the U.S. has been averaging 2 million shots a day for the last week and that 80% of the total doses delivered to states are now in arms.
News outlets report on details of the latest version of the legislation that is expected to hit the Senate floor on Thursday. Senate Republicans, meanwhile, plan their tactics to drag out the debate.
Analysts say the strong enrollment numbers show a pent-up demand for health coverage while President Joe Biden called the trend "encouraging.” Americans can apply for an Obamacare plan through May 15.
New CDC pandemic guidelines for vaccinated people are being finalized. Meanwhile potential St. Patrick's Day crowds cause concern, while the FDA is under fire for slowing drug manufacture with inspection delays.
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