NIH workers struggle to get COVID shots

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Today in healthcare news: NIH hasn't been able to get vaccines to its workers, US life expectancy dropped, and Fauci says there may be evidence vaccines are stopping spread. 

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Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, receives his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

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The government agency that helped develop the COVID-19 vaccine in record time can't get shots for its own workers, emails show

• The National Institutes of Health was critical in the development of the coronavirus vaccine.
• But most of its more than 20,200 workers haven't gotten the shot yet.
• Five other federal agencies got vaccine priority.

Read the full story from Kimberly Leonard, Robin Bravender, and Elvina Nawaguna here>>

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A nurse in the ICU at a Los Angeles hospital.

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US life expectancy fell by a year during the COVID-19 pandemic, in the most dramatic drop since World War II

• Average life expectancy in the US fell from 78.8 to 77.8 years in the first half of 2020, per the CDC.
• The data is based on deaths from various causes, but shows the toll COVID-19 has taken.
• Black and Hispanic Americans saw larger drops than white Americans, the CDC said.

Read the full story from Bill Bostock here>>

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Dr. Anthony Fauci participates in a news briefing at the White House on November 19, 2020.

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Fauci: There's evidence COVID-19 vaccines don't just protect you - they may stop you from spreading the virus to others, too

• Dr. Fauci is touting some of the first evidence that vaccines can help stop the spread of COVID-19.
• The hunch hinges on 2 new studies, which suggest vaccinated people don't spread the coronavirus well, even if they do get sick.
• Getting vaccinated, Fauci said, is "not only good for you," it can protect others too.

Read the full story from Hilary Brueck here>>

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More stories we're reading:

• When experts say COVID-19 vaccines are 95% effective it doesn't mean you'd have a 5% chance of getting sick (Insider)
• Forbes had a very colorful phone call with Clover's CEO (Forbes)
• The US isn't prepared for a new, more infectious variant to be dominant by March - even with vaccinations underway (Insider)
• Biden has picked Chiquita Brooks-LaSure to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Washington Post)

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