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The Philadelphia City Council on Thursday voted 13-1 to prohibit supervised drug injection sites in the majority of the city, in today's bite-sized hospital and health industry news from Florida, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
- Florida: Going against the advice of FDA and CDC, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo both recommended against getting the newest COVID-19 vaccine. In a roundtable, Ladapo said that after three years of COVID-19 circulating throughout the United States, people under the age of 65 don't need to worry about getting infected. Both Ladapo and DeSantis have drawn criticism over their skepticism of COVID-19 vaccines and policies embraced by the federal government. Jason Salemi, an epidemiology professor at the University of South Florida College of Public Health, noted there are multiple credible studies showing healthy people under the age of 65 are still at risk of death from COVID-19. "Equipping ourselves with and implementing mitigation measures can result in considerably less severe illness, less long Covid, and less mortality, all with little impact on our day-to-day lives," he said. "So, there is clearly a need." (Associated Press, 9/13; Sarkissian, Politico, 9/13)
- New Jersey: Johnson & Johnson (J&J) on Thursday announced it will no longer be using its well-known script logo and will be replacing it with a more modern, print logo. The script logo has been used by J&J since 1887 and was based on the signature of co-founder James Wood Johnson. For now, the script logo will still be featured on consumer products like baby shampoo and Band Aids but will gradually be removed, according to a spokesperson for Kenvue, a new company spun off from J&J. (Murphy, Associated Press, 9/14)
- Pennsylvania: The Philadelphia City Council on Thursday voted 13-1 to prohibit supervised drug injection sites in the majority of the city. The bill will now head to the desk of Mayor Jim Kenney, who has previously endorsed supervised injection sites as a way to prevent overdose deaths, and a spokesperson for Kenney's office said he remains supportive of the idea. However, even if he vetoes the bill, the veto will likely be overturned by the council. (Orso, Philadelphia Inquirer, 9/14)
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