Nov 10 Mandates drive up vaccinations at colleges, despite leniency By John Seewer, Associated Press Some universities have seen nearly complete compliance, including at state flagship schools in Maryland, Illinois and Washington. Continue reading
Nov 10 WATCH: Biden says infrastructure bill will ease economy woes with time By Josh Boak, Colleen Long, Associated Press President Joe Biden touted his $1 trillion infrastructure plan Wednesday as an eventual fix for the nation's inflation and supply chain woes -- if Americans just have the patience to wait for the construction to begin. Continue reading
Nov 10 New lead poisoning guidelines means more kids will get tested. Here’s what else experts want to see By Gabriel Filippelli, The Conversation The Centers for Disease Control has announced a new, stricter standard for lead poisoning in children, which will more than double the number of kids considered to have high blood lead levels. Continue reading
Nov 10 White House says campaign to vaccinate children off to a ‘very strong start’ By Zeke Miller, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press About 900,000 kids aged 5 to 11 will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their first week of eligibility, the White House said, providing the first glimpse at the pace of the school-aged vaccination campaign. Continue reading
Nov 10 WATCH: White House COVID task force holds briefing By Associated Press The White House Covid task force briefing comes as the Biden administration is encouraging local school districts to host clinics to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to kids — and information to parents on the benefits of the shots. Continue reading
Nov 09 FDA to consider COVID-19 booster shots from Pfizer for all adults By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Pfizer is asking U.S. regulators to allow boosters of its COVID-19 vaccine for anyone 18 or older. Older Americans and other groups particularly vulnerable to the virus have had access to a third dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech vaccine… Continue reading
Nov 09 Explainer: Here is why crowd surges can kill people By Stan Choe, Associated Press The crowd deaths at a Houston music festival have added to the long list of people who have been crushed at a major event. Such tragedies have been occurring around the world for a long time. Continue reading
Nov 09 Oklahoma court overturns $465 million opioid ruling against Johnson & Johnson By Ken Miller, Associated Press The Oklahoma Supreme Court has overturned a $465 million opioid ruling against drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, finding that a lower court wrongly interpreted the state's public nuisance law. Continue reading
Nov 08 Watch 6:03 States sue over new Biden vaccine rule for businesses, claim federal overreach By John Yang, Courtney Norris This weekend, a federal appeals court in Louisiana temporarily blocked the Biden administration's new rule that millions of private sector workers get a COVID-19 vaccine, or get tested weekly. The rule has led more than two dozen states to file… Continue watching
Nov 08 Biden team defends worker vaccine rule, wants challenges combined into single case By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press At least 27 states plus several businesses and associations filed legal challenges in at least six federal appeals courts after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its mandate last week. Continue reading