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Trump Chides Biden For Wearing Mask; Former Pence Aid Blasted For Siding With Biden
The president has also mocked the Biden campaign’s strict adherence to public health officials’ guidance on social distancing. Presidential election news is on GOP voters against Trump, an upcoming rally in Virginia, key topics of the first debate and more.
COVID Survivors May Lose Insurance Or Pay Much More If ACA Is Overturned
The law guarantees the ability to buy health insurance and bans insurers from denying coverage or charging more to people with preexisting conditions such as diabetes, cancer — and potentially COVID-19. Any change would affect the almost 7 million people in the United States who have already had the coronavirus.
Suspect Pleads Not Guilty Of Sending Ricin-Laced Letter To Trump
The Canadian woman is charged with threatening President Donald Trump. She is also suspected of sending letters containing ricin to Texas jail employees.
FDA Proposes Harder-To-Clear Guidelines For Emergency Vaccine Approval
Draft guidelines submitted by the FDA to the White House propose standards for authorizing emergency use of a COVID-19 vaccine that match ones set for regular vaccine approval, The Washington Post reported. The agency’s move aims to reassure the public about vaccine safety and lowers the chances that one might be cleared before the Nov. 3 election.
Trump Expands Ban On Racial Sensitivity Training For Federal Contractors
On Tuesday, the president expanded his ban on “efforts to indoctrinate government employees with divisive and harmful sex and race-based ideologies” by extending it to government contractors and the military.
Health Crises Grow At Immigrant Detention Centers
Hundreds of detainees and staff are being tested for COVID-19 amid an outbreak at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California. And Mexican authorities say they will investigate claims that immigrant detainees were subjected to unwanted gynecological procedures at a rural Georgia hospital.
‘A Horrible Thing,’ Trump Says Of America’s 200,000-Death Mark
In remarks to reporters Tuesday, President Donald Trump said, “it’s a shame” that 200,000 have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. and that “it should have never, ever happened.” Trump did not acknowledge the death toll at a Pennsylvania campaign rally hours later. News outlets looks at other ways the president has responded to the state of the pandemic.
As US Passes 200,000 COVID Deaths, How Many More Will Die?
Public health experts offer thoughts on what the next six months of the pandemic could look like, as the nation tries to digest 200,000 lives lost — more Americans than those who died in World War I and the Vietnam War combined.
Reapertura de universidades generó 3,000 nuevos casos de COVID por día, según estudio
Los investigadores comprobaron que solo reabrir una universidad agregó 1.7 nuevas infecciones por día por cada 100,000 personas en un solo condado.
U.S. Airlines Call For Testing Prior To All International Flights
International travel has dropped to 82% compared to last year as the borders of many countries remain closed to U.S. citizens. Other public health news is on beating COVID at 102, main sources of infection, safety precautions on a cruise ship, and more.
Below, check out the roundup of California Healthline’s coverage and the best of the rest of the news.
Colleges’ Opening Fueled 3,000 COVID Cases a Day, Researchers Say
In a draft study, researchers correlated cellphone data showing students’ back-to-campus movements and county infection rates to quantify how the coronavirus spread as colleges and universities reopened for the fall semester.
Native Americans Feel Double Pain of COVID and Fires ‘Gobbling Up the Ground’
Tribal leaders have worked to keep the coronavirus off their reservations because of its deadly impact on Native populations. But careful avoidance of the COVID virus has handcuffed the tribes as they face a devastating fire season.
Battle Rages Inside Hospitals Over How COVID Strikes and Kills
The debate over how the coronavirus spreads heated up Friday when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conceded that the virus spreads through tiny particles, but then took down guidance that could have forced big changes in hospitals.
Opinion writers weigh in on these public health issues and others.
Different Takes: Lessons On Safe In-Person Voting; Time For Serious Reforms In Long-Term Care
Editorial writers focus on these pandemic topics and others.
GAO: Shortages In Many States Are Leading To Processing Delays In Testing
News about the COVID epidemic from Michigan, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas, Nevada, California, and Hawaii.
COVID news from England, Portugal, Finland, China, Ghana, Cameroon, New Zealand and Indonesia, where people who refuse to wear masks are ordered to dig graves for pandemic victims.
Children With Mental Health Needs Don’t Always Receive Follow-Up Care, Study Finds
Only 71% of the children received treatment in the three months that followed an initial insurance claim — but that rate greatly varied between ZIP codes. In the best-performing areas, nearly 90% received follow-up care within three months of an initial claim; in the worst-performing, only half did.
Cruise Companies Take Steps To Reassure The Public
Cruise companies say they will mandate COVID tests for all passengers and crews and mask wearing onboard. Hollywood attempts to resume production with union-negotiated rules in place.