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Today in healthcare news: Meet the startup connecting people to leftover vaccines, Hims faces a class action lawsuit over alleged spam texts, and what the US looked like a year ago before we took masks and social distancing seriously.
Vials of undiluted Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to administer to staff and residents at a senior living community in Falls Church, Virginia, on December 30, 2020.
Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images
A new website will connect people with leftover COVID-19 vaccines by sending texts when a shot is going spare
- Allocating excess doses has been a challenge in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
- Dr. B, a triaged vaccine-standby list, could help get those doses to high-priority recipients.
- The team behind Dr. B is trying to reach vulnerable groups through community partnerships.
Read the full story from Andrea Michelson here>>
Hims has been hit with a class-action lawsuit in California over alleged spam text messages
- Digital health company Hims became the subject of a class-action lawsuit filed in California on Tuesday.
- The complaint alleges Hims violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act with a series of alleged spam text messages.
- The suit was brought by David Vaccaro, a California resident who maintains he was not a Hims patient when he began receiving programmed voice and text messages from the company.
Read the full story from Megan Hernbroth here>>
Jaime Jaquez Jr. of the UCLA Bruins celebrates with the crowd after defeating the Arizona Wildcats at Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles, California on February 29, 2020.
Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images
Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images
Photos from a year ago show how little the US understood about the pandemic to come
- A year ago, public-health officials didn't fully understand how the coronavirus spreads.
- Masks weren't yet recommended.
- Photos show people blowing their noses in public, meeting at bars, and attending basketball games.
Read the full story from Aria Bendix here>>
More stories we're reading:
- US coronavirus vaccinations have surpassed the country's number of known COVID-19 cases (Insider)
- Adaptive's FDA-authorized T-cell test, which could be a big help for long-haulers who haven't gotten a clear answer if they've been infected (ABC News)
- CDC: People with a very high or a very low BMI have a much higher risk of severe COVID-19 (Insider)
- America's vaccine system is making people with preexisting conditions fight for shots (The New York Times)
- Cedar just raised a $200 million Series D at a $3.2 billion valuation. Here's a look at the pitch deck it used to raise its Series C. (Insider)
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