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The recommendations emphasize social distancing measures for schools and public transportation. The CDC guidance — which is still shorter than earlier leaked versions — was reportedly delayed for weeks over worries that it was “too prescriptive." Meanwhile, voters have yet to warm up to the idea of reopening schools.
Under California Gov. Gavin Newsom's reopening plan, restaurants and other secular businesses are being allowed to resume business under social distancing guidelines but not churches. The debate over religious services has continued to be a sore spot throughout the country since the beginning of the crisis.
President Donald Trump's decision to use hydroxychloroquine as a preventive measure against COVID-19 was blasted by health experts across the country. Trump, when asked about the VA study that showed the drug could have fatal side effects, shrugged the results off as a political attack against him. Meanwhile, scientists warn that the political furor is interfering with studies on the treatment.
Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign communications director, confirmed that the doctors are being recruited, but said, “Anybody who joins one of our coalitions is vetted." Meanwhile, President Donald Trump continues to disregard scientists' advice even when it comes from his own administration.
President Donald Trump released a scathing letter criticizing WHO and calling for a more targeted investigation into China's pandemic response. But the move left the United States isolated, with other countries favoring an “impartial, independent” of WHO's efforts in the beginning of the crisis.
Johnson & Johnson has often said that faulty testing, shoddy science and ill-equipped researchers are to blame for findings that its powder was contaminated with asbestos. In recent years, thousands of people — mostly women with ovarian cancer — have said that the company did not warn them of potential risks that the company was discussing internally.
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Advocates are angry that ICE is asking for a bailout, though. “This administration is asking taxpayers to bail out an agency as a result of the very policies it put in place which have caused revenue loss,” said Melissa Rodgers, the director of programs at the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in San Francisco.
NPR interviews medical residents about how the pandemic is impacting their lives and shaping their careers. Other news on health care workers reports on nurses and medical examiners, as well.
The enlargement may be caused by obstruction of blood flow in the lungs due to blood clots or lung tissue damage. In other scientific news on the virus: new symptoms, infection risks, how the virus sheds and more.
The Treasury Department has so far disbursed only $37.5 billion of the $500 billion carved out in the CARES Act. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin will appear via videoconference to answer lawmakers' questions about the spending.
During a meeting with restaurant owners, President Donald Trump was in a notably good mood. “It almost feels like today is the first day,” Trump said at another point in the meeting. “Last week didn’t feel the same. Now it feels good. People are starting to go out. They’re opening. They get it.” But restaurant owners said they're a long way away from normal operations.
The drugmaker didn't provide an explanation of why it was increasing the donation of its medication that has shown to help treat coronavirus patients. Meanwhile, Gilead seems eager to convince skeptical investors that the $1 billion spent this year on development and production can eventually yield a real return.
Global pandemic developments are reported out of Russia, Brazil, India, Germany, France, Mexico, Italy, China and other nations.
Media outlets report on news from New Mexico, New York, Texas, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Michigan and New Jersey, as well.
Advocates worry that many homeless people are avoiding shelters where their mental health needs are identified by experts. Meanwhile, other people who have been staying at home might be developing anxiety and depression that will cause them to require therapy from an underfunded system already stretched thin. Other public health news is on air travel safety, a new vulnerability to biological attacks, air pollution alarms, day care concerns, new workplace settings and the dip in organ donations, as well.
Fewer than 50% of infants 5 months or younger are up to date on their vaccines for measles and pertussis in Michigan, according to the CDC -- a trend likely occurring in the rest of the country as parents were reluctant to visit doctors' offices during the pandemic.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has said that because of the fluid nature of the crisis it doesn't believe any new regulations are warranted at this time. But advocates say there are clear-cut measures employers can take--like providing personal protective gear--that aren't likely to change in the coming months.
The data released Monday reinforced earlier revelations that black and Hispanic New Yorkers were both more than twice as likely to be killed by the virus as white people.
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