Health Care Centers, State Officials Prepare For Influx Of Injections
After months of planning and simulations, it will now be up to the states and medical workers to rapidly inoculate millions of Americans.
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On Their Way: First Vaccine Shipments Start Arriving In States Today
The massive operation to deliver millions of doses of Pfizer's vaccine across the 50 states is underway, with the first trucks leaving a Michigan production plant Sunday. An estimated 145 distribution sites should receive shipments Monday.
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First Edition: Dec. 14, 2020
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: Lessons On Doctors, Leaders Pushing Lies About Public Health; Pros, Cons Of Rushing Vaccines
Editorial pages focus on these public health issues.
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Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy. This week's selections include stories on COVID vaccines, ventilators, child care during the pandemic, Christmas during the 1918 flu pandemic, plastic surgery, Botox and more.
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Sources: White House Considers Ending Travel Bans From Europe, Brazil
Bans from China and Iran would continue. News reports are from Mexico, Russia, Hong Kong and mainland China, as well.
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Agents Seize More than 100,000 Fake Surgical Masks In Texas
And fake COVID tests were seized in San Diego. More health care news from New Mexico, Mississippi, Florida and Vermont.
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Heading Back To The Office After The Pandemic? Maybe Not So Fast!
A survey by Pew finds that more than half of people who shifted to work from home after the coronavirus hit would like to keep that arrangement, and many others would like the flexibility to work outside the office some of the time. Also in health news, your sleep may be affected by diet, flu shots are up this year and volunteering may have a surprise benefit.
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Supreme Court Rules Against PBMs
Justices ruled that an Arkansas law can be used to regulate pharmacy benefit managers. In other news, a federal district court ruled against a law requiring women seeking abortion medication to visit a doctor’s office.
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Fewer Denials? CMS Aims To Reform Prior Authorization For Medicaid
The goals are to ensure that care is not delayed, integrity is maintained and administrative costs aren't increasing, CMS Administrator Seema Verma said in a statement.
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LabCorp Gets Home COVID Test Approved
The FDA issues an emergency use authorization for a COVID test that can be purchased without a prescription. Erectile dysfunction drug is recalled; Amazon's new band gets a mixed review.
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Veterans’ Health Care Snags Omnibus Spending Bill
Efforts to pass an omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government until Oct. 1, 2021, are hung up in a fight over how to pay for veterans' health care.
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Stimulus Bill Negotiations Go Nowhere
Suspending liability for employers of health care workers stricken by COVID was an issue, but negotiations hung up on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's refusal to support $160 billion in aid to states and municipalities.
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Side Effects: Seizures and Awful Rashes
News outlets focus on five things to know about the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and how long immunity lasts, as well.
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Who Gets The Vaccine First?
Hospital personnel, yes. But where do teachers, airline pilots, farmworkers and food servers fall in the queue to get the vaccine?
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Whistleblower: CDC Told To Destroy Documents
The chief of the scientific publications branch and editor-in-chief of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly report at at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said she was told to delete an email from a Trump operative working inside Health and Human Services.
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Now, When Does The Vaccine Roll Out?
And how much will roll out? Two questions that the Trump administration is still unclear about.
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Avoiding Holiday Parties This Year Is Not Being A Grinch. It’s Being Safe
Dr. Michael Osterholm, who is one of President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus advisers, warned people to stay away from large celebrations this year. Also, several outlets look at how groups are scaling back their celebrations or deciding how to travel safely.
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Daily Death Toll Likely To Exceed 9/11 Fatalities For Many Weeks, CDC Says
The messaging has been wrong, CDC director Robert Redfield said: "It's very disappointing when I have governors who basically feel that masks don't work." His agency predicts a death toll of 362,000 in the U.S. by Jan. 2.
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After Major Setback, GSK/Sanofi Vaccine Will Be Delayed To End Of ’21
The vaccine failed to trigger the desired immune response in people ages 50 and older, forcing the company to rethink its antigen formulation. The news is a blow for many governments who had ordered millions of doses of the shot, including the United States.
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