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No More Frown: Updated Emoji Is Wearing A Mask And Smiling
Public health news also features SNL dropping country singer Morgan Wallen for partying without a mask, the flu vaccine, teen mental health and homelessness.
In Calls With Senators, Barrett Declines To Give Legal Views On Abortion, ACA
The nominee to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court cited her need to maintain impartiality on the bench.
PPE Problems, Shortages Persist As Health Care Workers Struggle
The FDA rebuked an Ohio company that makes mask decontamination devices, saying it skirted safety rules. In California, more than 3,000 nurses and health care workers in the Bay Area are on strike to protest unsafe working conditions. And a 28-year-old physician in Texas dies of COVID; her family says she had to wear the same N95 mask “for weeks and weeks, if not months and months.”
Trump Says He Won’t Participate If Next Debate Is Virtual
The Commission on Presidential Debates announced this morning that the Oct. 15 presidential debate would be virtual “to protect the health and safety of all involved.” Minutes later, President Donald Trump told Fox Business News that he would “not waste my time” on such a format. Democratic nominee Joe Biden would participate, his campaign says.
No More Mr. Nice Guy: Trump, Biden Campaigns Again Will Let Insults Fly
Joe Biden’s campaign, which had paused all negative ads following Donald Trump’s COVID-19 hospitalization, says it will resume them. Meanwhile, the Trump campaign’s Facebook ads are altering images of Biden to make him look unhealthy.
Editors At New England Journal Of Medicine Lambast Trump’s Failed Leadership
The editorial says the U.S. has failed at every step, criticizing President Donald Trump for a lack of policies that led to excess deaths, for undermining government agencies and attacking science.
Eli Lilly Seeks Emergency Approval For Antibody Treatment
The company says its single-antibody treatment helps higher-risk patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 and that it could have 100,000 doses available in October if the FDA authorizes it. Eli Lilly is also working on a two-antibody treatment and may file for emergency approval in November.
VP Debate: Pence, Harris Contested COVID, Protests, But Skirted Some Key Issues
Media outlets report on the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election.
Regeneron Applies For Emergency FDA Approval Of Antibody Cocktail Given To Trump
Regeneron submitted an application to the FDA for emergency use authorization of REGN-COV2, its experimental monoclonal antibody coronavirus therapy. The biotech says it only has enough doses now for 50,000 people currently and that the government would be responsible for distribution.
Tendrils Of White House Outbreak May Stretch Throughout Nation
As more people linked to the White House test positive for COVID-19, USA Today investigates the multiplying effect those infections could have on the rest of the U.S. And ABC news obtains a FEMA memo that offers new details on the known White House cases.
Trump Touts Experimental Treatment As ‘Cure,’ Urges Emergency Use, Free Access
The White House posted a five-minute video in which President Donald Trump talked about his experience with COVID-19 treatments, in particular praising Regeneron’s experimental therapeutic and calling for it to be approved for emergency use. He downplayed the likelihood of a vaccine being available before Election Day.
‘Symptom-Free’ For 24 Hours, Trump Taking Remdesivir, Steroids For COVID
Dr. Sean Conley’s Wednesday update on President Donald Trump’s condition outlined the medications he’s still receiving and offered that the president has not received supplemental oxygen since leaving the hospital. White House aides decline to say if Trump is still testing positive for COVID-19. Meanwhile, Trump broke isolation to visit the Oval Office.
Hospitalizations Surge Anew As COVID Cases Rise In 39 States
With signs already pointing to the forecasted fall and winter wave of new infections, Dr. Anthony Fauci warns that the current U.S. death toll of over 210,000 could nearly double if states and citizens do not act.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers express views about the pandemic and other issues as well.
Viewpoints: Pros, Cons Of Not Fearing COVID; Lessons On Deciding Not To Protect Others
Editorial writers focus on these public health and mental health topics as well as other health topics.
Perspectives: Despite What Trump Says, Insulin Isn’t Affordable
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
Female Duo Wins Nobel In Chemistry For Developing Gene-Editing Tools
Emmanuelle Charpentier, a French microbiologist, and Jennifer Doudna, an American biochemist, are the first women to jointly win the Nobel Prize in Chemistry,
Insulin Costs Up To 10 Times More In US Compared With Other Nations
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN’s Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Longer Menstrual Cycles May Predict Premature Mortality
Long and irregular cycles aren’t uncommon, but there’s been little research into their link to mortality, according to researchers who analyzed data of nearly 80,000 women. Other public health news is on warnings about anti-anxiety medications, pesticides and the death of influential guitarist Eddie Van Halen from throat cancer.
