Friday, February 3, 2023

Stars and Stripes Coronavirus Update

Coronavirus Update

Coronavirus Update

February 3, 2023 | View in browser

 

End of public health emergency causes cascade of changes

Ending the public health emergency means people will likely have to pay more out of pocket for COVID-19 testing and treatment, and planned price increases among COVID-19 vaccines and treatments have drawn congressional scrutiny.

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More than 10 Japanese hospitals declined to admit DOD civilian ahead of his heart attack death

Andrew Hakun, 52, a Navy veteran and father of two boys, died in February 2021 after a long, agonizing wait for surgery following a heart attack at this base in western Tokyo, according to his widow and medical records.

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Judge pauses enforcement of Calif. law targeting doctors who share COVID-19 ‘misinformation’

A federal judge paused enforcement of a California law that punishes doctors for giving their patients what some call false information about COVID-19. The measure’s definition of “misinformation” was “unconstitutionally vague” under the due process clause of the 14th Amendment, said the judge.

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President Biden to end COVID-19 emergencies May 11

The move would formally restructure the federal coronavirus response to treat the virus as an endemic threat to public health that can be managed through agencies' normal authorities.

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Veterans homes would have to separate COVID patients under proposed NJ law as outbreak continues

At least two of the three state-run veterans homes would be required to create single-occupancy bedrooms to help control the spread of COVID-19 and other infectious diseases if a bill a Senate committee approved Monday is eventually signed into law.

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$5.4 billion in COVID aid may have gone to firms using ineligible Social Security numbers, report says

The new findings from the nation’s top pandemic watchdog come as House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing this week on COVID fraud.

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