A Vaccine in Each Arm Could Be a Painful Mistake
Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic
At a press briefing earlier this month, Ashish Jha, the White House’s COVID czar, laid out some pretty lofty expectations for America’s immunity this fall. “Millions” of Americans, he said, would be flocking to pharmacies for the newest version of the COVID vaccine in September and October, at the same appointment where they’d get their yearly flu shot. “It’s actually a good idea,” he told the press. “I really believe this is why God gave us two arms.”
Biden’s monkeypox adviser is managing a virus alongside conservative fascination in his Instagram feed
Eugene Daniels, Politico
Demetre Daskalakis has become caricatured as a tattooed oddity among buttoned-up bureaucrats. The truth is far different. “I wish I were that interesting,” he says.
Worries over stigma are driving a push to rename monkeypox, but the process is slow
Jen Christensen, CNN
Since the beginning of the monkeypox outbreak, scientists and activists have pushed for the name of the virus and the disease to be changed to something “non-discriminatory” and “non-stigmatizing.”
Healthcare plays by CVS, Walgreens and Amazon will drive more partnerships, tech investment, experts say
Heather Landi, Fierce Healthcare
CVS, Walgreens and Amazon are ramping up their focus on in-home medical services and primary care and it will cause major disruptions for more traditional brick-and-mortar providers, industry experts say.
National Cancer Institute Wants $10 Billion for Fiscal Year 2024
Jeannie Baumann, Bloomberg Law
The National Cancer Institute laid out a $10 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2024, marking one of its most ambitious budget proposals that calls for a more than 30% increase over last year’s request.
Preparing for monkeypox on college campuses
Arielle Dreher, Axios
As monkeypox cases decline, public health officials are shifting their focus to college campuses, where students are returning to communal living arrangements that could sustain the outbreak.
Montana judge blocks anti-trans birth certificate law
Oriana Gonzalez, Axios
A Montana state judge on Thursday blocked a 2021 state law that would have barred transgender people from changing the gender listed on their birth certificate unless they have undergone gender-affirming surgery.
Indiana’s abortion ban goes into effect, shuttering clinics
Mary Claire Molloy and Molly Hennessy-Fiske, The Washington Post
It was the last day for abortions at Women’s Med clinic this week, and patients arrived anxious, hoping to get treated before a state abortion ban took effect Thursday.
Two powerful drugs are making their way into the illicit drug supply
Erika Edwards, NBC News
An animal tranquilizer called xylazine and powerful synthetic opioids called nitazenes are increasingly linked to overdoses.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Signs Law Requiring Social Media Companies to Consider Children’s Health
Meghan Bobrowsky, The Wall Street Journal
Social-media companies that operate in California will have to consider the health and well-being of children under a first-of-its-kind bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom.