Perspectives: Remdesivir Isn’t A Success Story, It’s The Poster Child For Why We Need A New Drug Model
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Different Takes: Lessons From The Past When Everyone Pretended Everything Is Ok; If Not The Health Care Workers, Then Who Else?
Editorial pages focus on these health care issues and others.
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Proposal From Germany, France Would Bolster Poorer EU Nations, But It’s Unlikely To Be Popular
German and French leaders have put aside past grievances during the pandemic and stepped into the vacuum created by Brexit to try to help guide Europe through the crisis. But will their efforts backfire on them politically? Other global news comes from Spain, Thailand and South Korea.
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In Deathbed Confession, ‘Jane Roe’ Reveals She Was Paid To Join Anti-Abortion Movement
Norma McCorvey--who is the "Jane Roe" in Roe v. Wade--made news when later in her life she became an outspoken voice in the anti-abortion movement. But in a new documentary, McCorvey admits she was paid to switch sides. “I took their money and they took me out in front of the cameras and told me what to say,” she says on camera. “I did it well too. I am a good actress. Of course, I’m not acting now.”
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Trump’s Reelection Team Desperately Seeks A Return To Mega-Rallies Where He Can Pump Up Base
The rallies have always been a key component of President Donald Trump's election strategy, but the pandemic is getting in the way of that plan. Meanwhile, Republicans, nervous about losing Senate seats, are shifting to keep in sync with Trump's election-year playbook.
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Baby Bust Continues: U.S. Births Fall Again With Another Drop Anticipated After COVID
The CDC found the number of births fell about 1% from 2018, to about 3.7 million. Birth rates continued to fall for teen moms and for women in their 20s while some women are just waiting until they're older. Public health news is on mental health, resuming exercise after COVID, treatment delays for cancer patients, feeling like outcasts, elderly deaths while on ventilators, training canines to detect infections, careful cleaning of surfaces, challenges when caring for dementia patients, pregnancy, new hotel perks, and on testing ultraviolet light as a cleaning agent, as well.
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More Verbal, Physical Attacks: Asian-American Health Care Workers Report Rise In Bigoted Incidents
“People are worried about transmission of a disease that they associate with foreignness and Asian faces,” said Grace Kao, a Yale University sociologist. “Nothing erases what we look like.” Health care worker news is on minority doctors, whistleblowers, fatalities on the frontline, and damaging hospital reports, as well.
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With Biggest Tech Giants On Hunt For Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories Flourish On Fringe Platforms
During the pandemic, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have adopted a more aggressive approach to policing misinformation, but that doesn't mean it still isn't spreading across the internet.
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In Private Lunch, Trump Tells Republicans To ‘Be Tough’ On Dems But Doesn’t Press For Specific Plan
President Donald Trump met with Republican senators in a freewheeling lunch where he touted his poll numbers. But when it came to stimulus plans, Trump demurred. “I asked him specifically whether he thought we needed to do another bill and what in his opinion should be in it. And he gave me a careful, artful answer, which tells me he’s not ready to say,” said Sen. John Kennedy (R., La.). Meanwhile, progressives in Congress see the pandemic as a way to push their agenda forward.
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Mnuchin, Powell Strike Somber Tones On Economy But Offer Different Paths Forward
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and the Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell testified virtually in front of Congress with dire warnings about the economic devastation from the pandemic. While Mnuchin favored a wait-and-see approach to more federal aid for states, Powell says that more will be needed.
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Infection-Control Practices Get Low Marks In Louisiana Nursing Homes Where COVID Deaths Occurred
At least 27 of the 41 homes with the highest death tolls have been cited for infection control deficiencies within about the last three years, according to CMS data. News on nursing homes is from California and Pennsylvania, as well.
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As States Eye Medicaid Cuts Amid Financial Woes, Provider Payments The Likely Target
Experts say the choices for states on what to cut from their Medicaid programs are limited and that there's no easy answer. In other insurance and health industry news: COBRA subsidies, health care cooperatives, and plummeting operating income.
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Skirmishes Between Local Leaders And State Officials Latest Battleground In Debate Over Reopening
Counties and towns in states that haven't been hit as hard as their metro-area neighbors are trying to convince governors that a one-size-fits-all approach for shut-down measures isn't fair. Meanwhile, as all 50 states start to lift restrictions, leaders look toward the government to recoup financial losses sustained in dealing with pandemic. And tourists towns brace for uncertainty heading into their — typically — busiest season.
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For Hardest-Hit NYC Hospitals, The Drop In Patients Is ‘Like Someone Turned Off The Hose’
“There’s a huge psychological desire to be like, ‘Whew, we’re through the worst of it,’” said Dr. Eric Wei, an emergency medicine physician and senior vice president of quality for NYC Health & Hospitals. “It’s a challenge to fight that human nature to over-relax or say now we can just go back to how things used to be.”
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Correction Officers In NYC Cite Lack Of COVID Protection, Infecting Loved Ones; Shops Along Rodeo Drive Slowly Reopen With Curbside Sales
Media outlets report on news from New York, California, Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Texas, Vermont and Maine.
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Trump’s Plan For U.S. Drug Production Hinges On CEO Who’s Known For Jacking Up Opioid Treatment Amid Crisis
The administration announced a four-year, $354 million contract with Phlow, which aims to produce both drug ingredients and generic medicines in the United States. Eric Edwards has a dicey track record, though, which includes his company's decision to increase the price of its opioid overdose antidote by more than 600% between 2014 and 2017.
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Florida Health Department Worker Claims She Was Fired For Refusing To Manipulate COVID Data
Developer Rebekah Jones, who created a dashboard for the state's COVID-19 data, said she was fired because she was ordered to censor some information, but refused to "manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen." Meanwhile, Florida isn't the only state in the hotseat over accusations of either deliberately changing data or bungling it enough to be dangerous.
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Inadequate Resources, Misinformation And Privacy Fears Threaten Crucial Contact Tracing Efforts
Contact tracing is widely viewed as crucial for the country to reopen safely. But the states face an uphill battle in launching successful efforts to do so.
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Hundreds Of Immigrant Children Swiftly Sent Home Under Pandemic Border Policy
The deportations represent an abandonment of a decades-long policy that granted safety to migrant children by both Democratic and Republican administrations, reports The New York Times. Border news is also on the administration's renewed policy to block migrants at the border without giving them access to asylum protections.
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Early Moderna Vaccine Results Should Be Taken With A Heaping Of Salt, Experts Say
Experts take a deep dive into what data Moderna released--and almost more importantly what the company withheld. Bottom line: no one should be getting their hopes up yet. Meanwhile, two FDA officials will recuse themselves from the race to approve vaccines over conflict-of-interest concerns.
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