Ground Cannabis Linked to Woman’s Asthma Death
The death of a young woman in Massachusetts is being tied to her job at a state-licensed marijuana facility in the wake of a federal investigation, according to a report by OSHA.
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Should States Allow Minors to Consent to Vaccination without Parental Permission?
State laws should authorize minors to consent to COVID-19 vaccination without parental permission, according to bioethics and policy researchers with UPenn and Yale University.
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Hospitals Must not Block Healthcare Costs from Web Searches
According to the Wall Street Journal, US healthcare systems and insurers must no longer use web search-blocking code to shield the costs of health procedures from appearing in online searches.
Massachusetts Adds Asthma Patients to COVID-19 Vaccine Eligibility
Massachusetts residents with moderate-to-severe asthma will now be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, after the state added the preexisting condition to the list of eligibility for its Phase 2 vaccine rollout.
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Texas Congressman Dies of COVID-19
Texas Congressman Ron Wright died on Feb 7 after testing positive for the coronavirus, according to a statement from his campaign. He was 67.
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Congressional Bill Aims to Protect Telehealth Access
A bipartisan Congressional bill has been introduced to ensure access to telehealth after the COVID-19 public health emergency.
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United States to Rejoin World Health Organization
Among a slate of executive orders on the first day of his administration, President Joe Biden signed an executive order for the United States to rejoin the World Health Organization.
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Congressman-elect Dies of COVID-19
Louisiana Congressman-elect Luke Letlow died of COVID-19 on Dec 29 at age 41. He is the first Congressional member or member-elect to die of the coronavirus.
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Report: Disabled Persons Denied Care, Ventilators
NPR reports that a woman with an intellectual disability and COVID-19 was taken to an Oregon hospital, where she was denied access to a ventilator and where a doctor wanted her to sign DNR/DNI forms.
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As More Red States Legalize Marijuana, Some Officials Try to Nip It in the Bud
With his state reeling amid one of the worst COVID-19 outbreaks in the nation, the last thing South Dakota Speaker of the House Steven Haugaard wants to be dealing with during the upcoming legislative session is marijuana.
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53% of COVID-19 Hospital Deaths Were Black or Hispanic Patients
Black and Hispanic people made up 58% of all patients hospitalized for COVID-19 and 53% of those who died from the disease in the first six months of 2020, according to researchers at Stanford and Duke universities, who said that hospital site was more responsible for mortality variations than race/ethnicity.
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HHS Authorizes Cross-state Telehealth for COVID Services
HHS has amended its emergency COVID-19 orders to allow healthcare workers to provide telehealth services across state lines, including administering authorized COVID-19 diagnostic tests.
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First Confirmed Case of Coronavirus Reinfection in US
Scientists in the United States have reported the country’s first confirmed case of COVID-19...
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Goes to Hepatitis C Discovery
The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly to Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus.
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FDA Grants EUA for Vortran’s Emergency Ventilator
The FDA authorized the GO2vent with PEEP valve for use by properly trained personnel to deliver emergency, short-term, ventilator support.
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