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• Students Sue University Over COVID Vaccine Mandate Eight students filed the lawsuit in a district court in Indiana to ask a judge to prevent the university from enforcing the policy that would mandate students be vaccinated before attending classes.
  WebMD Health News, June 23, 2021
• Hospital Workers Fired, Resign Over Vaccine Policy The hospital system required its 26,000 workers to get vaccinated or receive an exemption by June 7. Among those, 178 employees refused to get a shot and were placed on a 2-week suspension.
  WebMD Health News, June 23, 2021
• Young Adults Have Low Vaccination Rate, CDC Says As of May 22, 57% of adults in the US had received at least one dose of coronavirus vaccine, the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report says.
  WebMD Health News, June 22, 2021
• Doctor Fined, Accused of Exposing Staff to COVID-19 OSHA cited Anthony Farina, MD, for exposing patients and staff to COVID-19 while he was ill and failing to take necessary pandemic precautions in his offices.
  WebMD Health News, June 22, 2021
• White House: US to Just Miss July 4 Vaccine Goal 'With the delta variant now spreading across the country and infecting younger people worldwide, it is more important than ever that they take this important step.'
  WebMD Health News, June 22, 2021
• Inventor Says His New Straw Will Cure Hiccups A Texas doctor says you don't have to breathe into a paper bag, suck on a lemon, or use other Mom-endorsed remedies when you've got a case of the hiccups.
  WebMD Health News, June 22, 2021
• Reflections on an Unequal Healthcare System All three women live in Maryland, all of them are Black mothers, and they all believe the medical community in this country discriminates against Blacks.
  WebMD Health News, June 22, 2021
• Heartburn Drug and Cancer: Does the Link Hold? Could this new wrinkle mean a return of ranitidine, a best-selling drug since the FDA approved it as Zantac in 1983?
  WebMD Health News, June 22, 2021
• That Song Stuck in Your Head Is Good for Your Memory A catchy tune that repeats in your mind is called an earworm and, according to new research, those pesky jingles can play a crucial role in memory formation.
  WebMD Health News, June 21, 2021
• Biden: US Has Given More Than 300 Million COVID Vaccines As of Friday, 15 states and the District of Columbia have already reached the 70% threshold, but the country is unlikely to meet the July 4 deadline.
  WebMD Health News, June 21, 2021
• More Than 300 Heart Inflammation Cases Reported After Vaccination, CDC Says Although still very rare, the CDC reports hundreds of cases of heart inflammation after COVID vaccination. That's out of more than 20 million teens and young adults who've been vaccinated.
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• COVID May Cause Long-Term Brain Loss, Study Says According to the study, UK researchers had access to brain image testing for about 40,000 people done before the start of the pandemic.
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• Expert: Variants Mean More in US Must Get Vaccine "Unless we vaccinate a significant percentage of the population before winter hits, you're going to see more spread and the creation of more variants, which will only make this task more difficult."
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• Delta Variant Drives Huge COVID Spike in UK The number of people infected with the coronavirus in England has increased rapidly, with most infections happening in children and young adults who have not received a vaccine.
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• Race, Healthcare, Pandemic: Hope in a Year of Challenges Juneteenth is an opportunity to remember the people who are on the frontlines trying to enact change and hear their stories of how the past year has changed them and their view of the world.
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• Man Refusing COVID Vaccine Later Needs Lung Transplant "If I knew what I know now, I would have definitely went through with the vaccination," he said.
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• Hundreds of Vaccinated Medical Workers in Indonesia Hospitalized Healthcare workers in Indonesia were among the first to be vaccinated. Almost all of them were given the vaccine developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac.
  WebMD Health News, June 18, 2021
• United Wants to Charge You for ER Visits It Disagrees With The nation's largest health insurer says it still plans to stop paying for ER visits it decides are unnecessary.
  WebMD Health News, June 17, 2021
• Study: Want to Have a Baby? Mind Your Alcohol The message? If you want a baby, don't wait until that much-anticipated missed period to cut back on drinking.
  WebMD Health News, June 17, 2021
• New Program to Develop Antivirals for COVID-19 The Antiviral Program for Pandemics will allow the NIH to focus on antivirals for COVID-19 and other pandemic risks, including hemorrhagic fever and influenza, the way HIV and hepatitis C can be managed.
  WebMD Health News, June 17, 2021