While conversations around partisanship, funding and education surround President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act, spectators are largely ignoring how close the bill brings the U.S. to reaching universal healthcare, Washington Post columnist Katherine Rampell wrote Jan. 6.
Public Health
The seven-day average for new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations increased sharply last week, according to the CDC's COVID data tracker weekly review published Jan. 7.
South Dakota voters will have a voice in whether the state expands its Medicaid program, Kaiser Health News reported Jan. 6.
Worldwide, nearly 153 million people may have dementia by 2050, up from 57.4 million in 2019, according to projections published Jan. 6 in The Lancet Public Health.
As the U.S. shattered global case records Jan. 3, reporting more than 1 million new daily COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations are also rising across the nation, causing some officials to declare a state of emergency to manage the surges.
Advertisement
California's state Assembly is considering two bills to establish and fund universal healthcare in the state, according to a Jan. 6 Newsweek report.
West Virginia is seeking permission from the federal government to offer a fourth COVID-19 vaccine dose to at-risk people, making it the first state to do so.
The U.S. is among 109 countries set to miss the World Health Organization's target of having every country fully vaccinate at least 70 percent of their populations against COVID-19 by mid-2022, projections from Our World in Data show.
U.S. policymakers must implement practical pandemic strategies that save hospitals while minimizing societal disruption, according to an op-ed published Jan. 3 by The Washington Post.
In alignment with the FDA's Jan. 3 expansion of Pfizer-BioNTech's booster, the CDC has cleared boosters for 12- to 15-year olds.