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More than 96,000 are severely sick enough with COVID-19 to require hospital care. In rural areas, the flood of patients means that medical professionals must treat friends and family. Hospital news is also reported from California, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Idaho and Indiana.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Restaurants remain some of the hardest-hit businesses, and unlike in the spring, no relief package is in sight. News is on revelers, substance abuse treatment on line and more, as well.
News outlets report on news from New York, North Carolina, Maryland, Colorado, Oregon, California, and more, as well.
News reports are from England, Russia, China, Brazil, Japan, Korea and Argentina.
In other news, super long lines form for testing in Massachusetts, sampling sewage helps health workers predict surges and more.
News is on a potential blood test to detect cancers, genetic screening efforts and more.
The infant, born in Singapore, did not actually carry the disease. The boy's mother had contracted the disease when she was 10 weeks' pregnant.
At Wisconsin's Mayo Clinic Health System, “a bed is a gift right now,” said one administrator.
Kelby Krabbenhoft had been president and CEO since 1996. The health system named Bill Gassen as its new president and chief executive. And in Oregon, an oncology nurse was put on leave after a video showed her mocking her coworkers' response to her lack of COVID-19 precautions.
A nurse, epidemiologist and Navajo Nation Department of Health director are the three latest members to join the Biden transition team. Other aspects of the president-elect's plans to tackle the pandemic are also in the news.
A CT scan taken Sunday revealed a midfoot break that President-elect Joe Biden sustained while playing with his German Shepherd.
With weeks left in their current term, lawmakers return to Capitol Hill as the accumulating financial stress of the pandemic on Americans adds to the urgency of relief negotiations.
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 on Wednesday to bar New York from reimposing limits on religious gatherings. Gov. Andrew Cuomo claimed Thursday that the ruling was "moot" because the groups are now out of the most-restrictive tiers. Still, the ruling was the first significant indication of a rightward shift since Justice Amy Coney Barrett took the bench last month.
The president, who announced Oct. 2 that he had tested positive for the coronavirus, may still be reaping the benefits of COVID antibodies. But scientists still aren't sure how long they protect people from getting infected a second time.
But Modern Healthcare points out the new Trump administration rule seeking to benefit patients will likely be challenged in the courts.
Determining the severity of new infections acquired during Thanksgiving gatherings will take at least four weeks as the virus runs through its cycle. To try to contain the spread even further, some experts recommend that travelers quarantine and get tested.
In response to a new U.S. rule allowing the bulk import of certain prescriptions drugs, Canada moves to safeguard its access to medications in shorter supply.
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