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The White House is preparing to launch a booster campaign to prevent a further surge in COVID-19 infections this fall, but convincing vaccine holders to get another dose will not be easy.
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Efforts to curb declines face uphill battle as COVID surge
The White House is rushing to roll out a new COVID-19 booster shot campaign in early September, but faces an uphill battle to ensure its success.
The vaccine used in the campaign is the first to be manufactured specifically to target the omicron variant currently causing the most infections, and government officials will begin offering injections shortly after Labor Day. indicates that you are preparing to
challenge: Government officials say these new vaccines will be key to controlling a potential fall surge, but they will have to convince an increasingly checked-out public to get them. I have.
- Only about two-thirds of the US population has been vaccinated with the primary vaccine series for COVID-19, and less than half of that group has not even received the first booster.
- Childhood vaccination rates are even lower. According to the CDC, fewer than 4% of her eligible children under the age of 2 had received at least one dose of her, and only 6% of her children between the ages of 2 and 4 had received Has received one dose of her.
Rupali Limaye, a vaccine expert at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said he doesn’t think the improved booster will do much to convince unvaccinated people to get vaccinated again. rice field.
The same people who rushed to get the first round of vaccines and then the first round of boosters would be the ones who would receive the Omicron-specific shots, she said.
“For the most part, I think the majority of the general public has moved on to some degree, and there was a message that this was going to be with us,” Limaye said.
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Officials put $11 million into manufacturing monkeypox vaccine
On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said it would provide about $11 million in funding to support domestic production of the Jynneos smallpox vaccine, which is being used to limit the spread of the ongoing monkeypox outbreak. Announced.
HHS said in a statement that the funds will be used to support manufacturing at its Grand River Aseptic Manufacturing (GRAM) facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Destination of funds: The funds will allow GRAM to purchase the additional equipment needed to manufacture the smallpox vaccine and accelerate production, according to the department.
“This new agreement will strengthen our domestic manufacturing capacity so that we can bring more vaccines sooner to end this epidemic,” said HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra.
- The announcement comes just over a week after the deal between GRAM and Bavarian Nordic, the Danish company that manufactures the Jynneos, went public. Under the agreement, HHS will provide 2.5 million
Filling 5.5 million Jynneos vials ordered in the US - Last week, both U.S. and global health officials said there were early signs that monkeypox cases were on the decline.
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Feed to Stop Free Home COVID-19 Testing
The federal government plans to suspend the provision of free at-home COVID-19 tests by Friday, September 2, without congressional approval for an extension.
The U.S. Postal Service’s page for ordering the test states that orders will be paused by next Friday.
A message on the federal government’s COVID-19 website said, “Orders through this program will be suspended on Friday, September 2 because Congress has not provided additional funding to replenish the nation’s testing stockpile. ” is written.
The Biden administration initially announced it would provide 1 billion free at-home COVID-19 tests in January. The federal government used his COVID-19 funds from America’s bailout plan, President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic stimulus package, and his COVID-19 recovery package, which he signed into law last year.
No Congressional Funding: A senior government official told USA Today that the government needs to continue testing a possible rise in the fall.
Officials said the administration would use existing “limited” resources to get as many tests as possible, but distribution could resume on a large scale if Congress provided funding.
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Marijuana use hits all-time high in new Gallup poll
Marijuana use has reached record highs in new polls. Last week, more Americans said they smoked marijuana for the first time than were reported smoking.
A new Gallup poll found that 16% of Americans report smoking marijuana, up from 12% last year and more than double the all-time low of 7%.
In contrast: Only 11% of Americans reported having smoked in the past week, down from 16% last year and down from a peak of 45% in the 1950s.
- This is the highest rate of reported marijuana use and the lowest rate of tobacco use in the past week since Gallup began asking these questions in 2013 and 1944.
- Nearly half of U.S. adults report having tried marijuana, up from 4% when Gallup first surveyed its use in 1969.
Despite the increasing prevalence of marijuana use, Americans are still dichotomy over whether marijuana has a negative or positive impact on society.
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Paid Sick Leave Associated with Falling U.S. Mortality Rates
The United States is one of the only developed nations without a paid sick leave policy, and preemption laws, or laws that limit the legislative powers of lower governments, are on the rise.
These laws were developed to harmonize across levels of government and set minimum thresholds, but new research published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine shows that unexpected Results are outlined.
Findings show that between 2010 and 2017, state laws preempting mandatory paid sick leave by local governments likely increased mortality among working adults by 6% during that period. I’m here.
In areas where employers are required to provide paid sick leave, researchers found lower mortality rates among working-age Americans.
Specifically, compulsory paid sick leave was associated with lower suicide and homicide rates in men, and lower homicide and alcohol-related mortality rates in women. Individual hours of guaranteed paid sick leave are associated with significant reductions in these causes of death, the researchers wrote.
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what we are reading
- Accidental button battery poisoning in children is on the rise, study finds (CNN)
- Ambitious stroke prevention study tests health promises for Apple Watch (Stat)
- Faced with voter backlash, California Republicans recalibrate anti-abortion stance (Los Angeles Times)
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- ‘We’re Still Standing’: Abortion Is Illegal, Memphis Clinic Begins New Chapter (NBC News)
- ‘I would never wish this on anyone’: One year after Texas’ 6-week abortion ban, how 3 women dealt with pregnancies (19th)
- ‘Everything was needed’: California air-infected disease (The Guardian)
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