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Without Federal Protections, Farm Workers Risk Coronavirus Infection to Harvest Crops
Skeptics say the lack of enforceable federal safety standards geared toward the coronavirus allows these employers to prioritize the harvest over worker safety.
En áreas rurales de Missouri, latinos aprenden a contener y hacer frente al coronavirus
El suroeste de Missouri ha experimentado un aumento de casos de coronavirus, incluido un brote entre los trabajadores de la planta de procesamiento de aves Butterball, en Carthage.
Newsletter editor Lauren Olsen wades through hundreds of health care policy stories each week, so you don’t have to.
Tu restaurant o tienda favorita están abiertas. ¿Cómo saber si está bien ir?
El hecho de que muchas empresas vuelvan a abrir no significa que la pandemia haya terminado. El coronavirus todavía anda suelto, y hay que tomar decisiones difíciles cada día.
Opinion writers weigh in on these public health topics and others.
Perspectives: COVID Relief Is Long, Long Overdue For Unemployed; Lockdowns Are Fueling Inequality
Editorial pages focus on pandemic policies and other public health issues.
Hong Kong Does What The US Can’t: Free Testing For All Residents
Global developments are also reported out of Sweden and Egypt.
Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy. This week’s selections include stories on masks, COVID, the opera, tuberculosis, trash, Ebola and more.
Ohio’s Governor Will Quarantine But Probably Doesn’t Have COVID
The governor of Ohio tested positive for the coronavirus before a scheduled greeting of President Trump, misses that meeting, but then tested negative.
California Spent $12M On A COVID Facility — But Only 9 Patients Came
Other pandemic developments are reported out of Idaho, Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, Utah, Mississippi, Missouri, Georgia, New York and the Washington, D.C. area.
Some States Allowing Nursing Home Visitors Again
Texas and Washington are opening nursing homes to visitors. Indiana releases numbers that reveal two-thirds of its COVID deaths were in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
WHO Report: Cases In Younger People Are Soaring
Unlike when the pandemic started, more cases are being seen in young adults, teens, young children and babies. Research news on asymptomatic people, the immune system and DIY tests, as well.
COVID, Racial Strife Bring Stress To Many — But Especially Vulnerable Parents
Media outlets report on the deteriorating mental health of adults and children. Michelle Obama says she is suffering too and Headspace’s app is soaring.
More Athletes Test Positive; Cruise Canceled
But Marlins players are back and the games resume. In other news about recreation, an Alaska cruise was canceled because someone tested positive for coronavirus.
A 7-year-old in Georgia dies; a 7-month-old in New Jersey tests positive. In other news from across the country: big motorcycle rally still on, Ohio bars linked to spread and two cats also test positive.
Cancer Patients With COVID Dying At Higher Rate Than Others, Studies Find
Also: bacterial meningitis diagnosed in Maryland boy; parents of AFM survivors share advice; and how to parent highly sensitive children.
High Schools Open And Worries Intensify
Georgia school officials punish a student who revealed the unmasked chaos inside a high school; elsewhere, everyone waits to see if the pandemic resurges as a result of returning students.
Johns Hopkins Reverses — Classes Online Now
Johns Hopkins University says fall classes will be online but other universities are proceeding with plans for students to migrate during a pandemic to attend classes on campus.
Will A Vaccine Be Safe? FDA Under Pressure Over Approval Process
And as the development of several experimental vaccines is fast tracked, thorny questions are raised about efficacy, testing, costs, ingredient availability and quality.
Italy Becomes First Country To Force Drugmakers To Disclose Data On Public Funding
In other pharmaceutical developments: Pfizer teams with Gilead to manufacture remdesivir; AbbVie settles Humira case; Biogen to pay more than $1 billion to Denali for the rights to a Parkinson’s drug.