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Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Congress passed a $900 billion coronavirus relief bill in the wee hours of Tuesday morning that included money to distribute COVID-19 vaccines and a compromise on surprise billing. (New York Times) Stay tuned to MedPage Today for further coverage later today. The rapidly spreading SARS-CoV-2 variant in the U.K. may be more likely to infect children, some scientists say; meanwhile, Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines against the novel strain and the World Health Organization says the emergence of such variants are par for...

email article While airlines tout on-board mask mandates and pre-flight symptom checks, it's still easy for people with COVID-19 to get on a plane. In a review by MedPage Today of policies from six major U.S. airlines, all mandate masks while on board. These can be taken off to eat and drink, and in most cases children under 2 aren't required to wear them. Most of the airlines also require passengers to confirm at check-in that they haven't had COVID-19 symptoms in the previous 14 days. But there are no objective checks such as pre-flight temperature readings, and a confirmed negative ...

email article Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week. Hospitals Struggle to Prioritize Vaccine Hospitals are struggling to decide who should receive the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine first among their workforce, sometimes having to choose certain teams and personnel over others, according to A CDC advisory committee recommended that healthcare workers be among the first recipients of the new vaccine, approved just last week by the FDA, and that hospitals target those deemed most at-risk. B...