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The numbers are ominous: It was reported Wednesday that 3,100 Americans died of COVID-19. And that number will climb with over 100,000 sick enough to be hospitalized and over 200,000 new infections detected.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on the pressures mounting in hospitals as COVID surges in many areas, as well as other issues.
In addition to expressing views about pandemic-related issues related, editorial pages look at harmful health policies on display at immigration centers.
Will the global campaign help repair its image? News is also from Japan, Canada and Australia.
Media reports are from Ohio, Indiana, Maine, Texas and Kentucky.
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
Researchers said the asthma study was done on inpatients, and results might be different for outpatients.
Other names in the news: Agios Pharmaceuticals, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and CarepathRx.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Lawmakers are negotiating after months of stalled progress. The leading $908-billion package was introduced by a bipartisan group of senators. In chilly New Hampshire, lawmakers meet outside.
Health care organizations aren't required to use a specific format when collecting patient addresses. "As mundane as [addresses] may seem, it is often one of the key elements used for the purposes of patient matching and linking records," said one of the officials coordinating the effort.
Despite behind-the-scenes fuming from the White House, FDA chief Stephen Hahn says that agency is working quickly but that it will take the time it needs because “we absolutely have to do this the right way.”
The president retweeted a lie accusing an ICU physician of tweeting a fake photo of beds set up in the parking lot at Renown Health in Reno. The governor of Nevada, the CEO of the hospital and the physician himself immediately clapped back, saying, "It is very real."
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and former Surgeon General Vivek Murthy are reported to be the final candidates for Department of Health and Human Services secretary.
The CDC's updated recommendations, expected to be released soon, are based on the latest studies regarding the coronavirus' incubation period. Quarantine guidance for people who get tested will be lowered even further, to seven days.
The United States reported its second-highest day of COVID-19 deaths Tuesday. The only day to top it was April 15.
The Wall Street Journal reports on one scheme in which North Korean hackers launched a cyberattack on at least six pharmaceutical companies in the U.S., the U.K. and South Korea. Meanwhile, law enforcement warns about potential for fake coronavirus vaccine sales.
Britain authorized emergency use for the COVID-19 shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
CDC Director Robert Redfield must still accept the recommendations, which were approved in a 13-1 vote Tuesday. States aren’t required to follow the guidance.
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