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In Rhode Island, a special link given to health workers to register for vaccinations was shared with others. And a high-end nursing home in West Palm Beach, Fla., has offered vaccines to board members and those who made generous donations to the facility.
With so many vulnerable populations to protect, states struggle to decide whom to inoculate next while hurdles remain for vaccinating first-wave health care workers.
Surgeon General Jerome Adams provided the news media a cheat sheet: “Your headline today really should be, ‘Surgeon general tells states and governors to move quickly to other priority groups.' If the demand isn't there in 1a, go to 1b, and continue on down," he told NBC.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages express views about the policies impacting public health.
Opinion writers express views about new strains of the virus that could upend previous efforts to halt the spread and other issues, as well.
Media outlets report on news from Palau, Mexico, China, Pakistan and Indonesia.
The number of women seeking care in other states increased from 157 in February 2020 to 947 in April 2020, and second-trimester abortions jumped 61% after the lifting of the ban. News reports look at spikes in overdose deaths in four Ohio counties, and pandemic news, as well.
Despite warnings from public health officials to stay home during the holidays, the number of people screened surpassed 1 million for 9 days. News is on airport cleanings, the NCAA hoop tourney, NBA mask mandates and more.
The Department of Health and Human Services issued an advisory opinion stating that pharmaceutical companies are obliged to offer discounts to medical facilities providing care to low-income communities.
Many factors, including limited PPE and staff shortages, could be leading to increased drug-resistant infections during the pandemic, according to the three medical societies. News is on the outbreak in a Vancouver hospital and more.
The massive joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway suffered from a poorly defined mission, strategic blunders and a failure to show measurable progress, Stat says.
President-elect Joe Biden didn't mince words when stumping for Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock : "If you send Jon and the Reverend to Washington, those $2,000 checks will go out the door." The Georgia runoffs are today.
The Trump administration said the changes, which require the release of raw data, are aimed at increasing transparency. But the former director of the EPA's Science Board criticized the move, saying, "It sounds good on the surface. But this is a bold attempt to get science out of the way so special interests can do what they want.”
Patients and health care providers were alerted by the FDA about potentially incorrect results from Curative's lab-based test and urged re-testing.
Emergency medics also being told to not transport patients who have little chance of surviving as some hospitals reach a point of crisis.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that his state is now the fourth in the U.S. to identify an infection by the more contagious coronavirus strain that is forcing the United Kingdom to shut down again.
Other news on vaccine development and manufacturing looks at how we got here and the challenges ahead. Advice for people with allergies and cancer is also reported.
Officials in Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio, Virginia, the District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Texas, Nebraska, Oregon, California and Hawaii struggle to jump-start mass inoculations programs.
The supply of covid vaccines made it to the states, Operation Warp Speed chief scientific adviser Moncef Slaoui says, while acknowledging a "lag" in state administration.
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