N.J. reports 200 COVID cases, 2 deaths – NJ.com 
Opinion | Why reports of period weirdness after covid shots were ignored – The Washington Post 
Expert urges COVID-19 booster shots for vulnerable as XBB.1.16 spreads – CGTN 
Health care workers who survived covid worry about staffing, burnout – The Washington Post 
Ex-Bulls, Lakers coach Phil Jackson says he stopped watching basketball when players wore slogans on jerseys during COVID-19 bubble – Yahoo Sports 
Global COVID-19 cases fall 11%, deaths drop 3%
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News Scan for Jun 01, 2022
3 doses of same, different vaccines protect against mild, severe COVID-19Three COVID-19 vaccine doses offer good protection against infection and...
New study documents pliable influence of partisan media
Partisan media outlets like Fox News pose a hazard to democracy by denying their viewers’ access to information detrimental to...
School mental health crisis: 70% see rise in students seeking treatment since COVID-19 began: study
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Seventy percent of U.S. public schools have reported an increase in students...
Omicron is outrunning the vaccines designed to fight it
Efforts to update COVID vaccines can't seem to keep up with changes in the virus itself. State of play: New...
Shanghai entrepreneurs demand political reform, release of prisoners of conscience
As Shanghai residents celebrated a partial end to a weeks-long, grueling city-wide lockdown, calls emerged on Wednesday for industrial action by businesses...
DHHS: COVID cases down, hospitalizations up this week
By Maggie Brown, WRAL multiplatform producerAfter eight weeks of rising COVID-19 cases, new coronavirus cases dropped this week by 7%,...
AMA announces CPT update for pediatric COVID-19 vaccine candidate
June 01, 2022The American Medical Association (AMA) announced an update to the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT)® code set, to now include the...
Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Medicare Spending on Skilled Nursing Facilities Increased More than 4% Despite an Overall Decline in Utilization
The use of health care services declined sharply in the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as people delayed or...
Traditional Medicare Spending Fell Almost 6% in 2020 as Service Use Declined Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic
In 2020, spending for traditional Medicare beneficiaries declined for the first time in more than two decades. The drop in...