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Welcome to Insider Healthcare. I'm healthcare editor Leah Rosenbaum, and today in healthcare news:
- A battle is brewing as psychedelic companies fight for patent rights;
- This new chart shows the most common side effects for kids getting the COVID-19 vaccine;
- The White House chief of staff is sure that Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate will be upheld.
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A battle is brewing among psychedelics companies as they fight for investors, funding, and viable treatments. There's billions on the line.
- The nascent psychedelics industry is headed toward a reckoning.
- Experts say a slew of patent disclosures could determine the winners and losers of the space.
- That may also set off a wave of M&A as companies vie to win market share.
James Marshall, 5, pulls down his sleeve as his mother, Kristen, rear, looks on with her three-month-old daughter, Elizabeth, in a carriage after James received the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 at a state-run site in Cranston, R.I.
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One chart shows the most common side effects for kids after each dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
AP Photo/David Goldman
- The CDC signed off on COVID-19 shots for kids ages 5 to 11 last week.
- Kids can generally expect fewer, milder side effects than teens or adults.
- The chart below shows the most common side effects for kids after each dose.
White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain during an appearance on "Meet the Press" on November 7.
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White House chief of staff 'confident' Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate will be upheld after federal appeals court halted it
NBC News/Meet the Press
- White House Chief of Staff Ronald Klain said Sunday he was "confident" Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate would be upheld.
- A federal appeals court temporarily halted the federal mandate on Saturday.
- Klain said if OSHA could legally require hard hats, it should be able to require COVID-19 vaccines.
More stories we're reading:
- A California aquarium vaccinated 8 sea otters against COVID-19 because they might be susceptible to the virus (Insider)
- Thousands of people in America got infected with COVID-19 and died while in hospitals for unrelated care (Kaiser Health News)
- 9 out of 10 children breathe air that can harm them, warns WHO. Meet the bereaved mother who went to COP 26 to demand change. (Insider)
- Hundreds of healthcare professionals are demanding that Facebook end COVID-19 misinformation (USA Today)
-Leah
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