The nation’s seven-day average of new COVID-19 cases increased this week after falling slightly last week for the first time since late March, according to the CDC’s COVID-19 data tracker weekly review published June 10.
Category: Public Health
US to end testing requirements for incoming air travelers
The Biden administration will no longer require international travelers to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test before boarding flights to the U.S. — a rule that had been in place since January 2021, The Washington Post reported June 10.
3 paths monkeypox could take
The overall expert consensus on the monkeypox outbreak right now is that it won’t reach any level comparable to COVID-19.
As COVID-19 restrictions loosen, diseases rebound in atypical ways
Numerous viruses that were seemingly dormant during the pandemic are returning in new and atypical ways, CNBC reported June 10.
WHO team works to investigate pandemic’s origins
The World Health Organization’s advisory group studying the origins of COVID-19 said bats likely carried an ancestor of the coronavirus that may have then spilled over into a mammal sold at a market, but added that more data is needed to study how the …
Medicaid Weighs Attaching Strings to Nursing Home Payments to Improve Patient Care
The Biden administration is considering whether Medicaid, which pays the bills for 62% of nursing home residents, should require that most of that funding be used to provide care, rather than for maintenance, capital improvements, or profits.
KHN’s ‘What the Health?’: Taking a Shot at Gun Control
The U.S. House passed a package of bills seeking to keep some guns out of the hands of children and teenagers, but its fate in the Senate remains a big question mark. Meanwhile, the Federal Trade Commission takes on drug and hospital prices. Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico, Anna Edney of Bloomberg News, and Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico join KHN’s Julie Rovner to discuss these issues and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Cori Uccello of the American Academy of Actuaries about the most recent report from Medicare’s trustees board.
WHO warns monkeypox could become ‘established’ outside Africa: 5 details
Global health officials are warning of the potential for monkeypox to become endemic outside of Africa if the current outbreak isn’t contained, NBC News reported June 8.
US to tap 100 children’s hospitals in vaccine rollout for young kids
Pending authorization from federal regulators, vaccinations for the nation’s estimated 19 million children younger than 5 could be available as soon as June 21, The Wall Street Journal reported June 9.
700+ unusual hepatitis cases reported in 34 countries: 4 updates
Global health officials have identified more than 700 probable cases of acute hepatitis of unknown origin among children in 34 countries, the World Health Organization said June 8.
