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White House Suggests Stopgap Aid Bill In Anticipation Of Rocky Negotiations
Even as Senate Republicans are poised to release their $1 trillion stimulus package hammered out with the White House, top Trump administration officials suggest that more narrow legislation may be needed as benefits are set to expire.
Top National Security Adviser Tests Positive For Coronavirus
Robert O’Brien, President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, contracted COVID-19. Meanwhile, Dr. Anthony Fauci and a former CDC director look back on errors or mistakes made in the pandemic.
Moderna Gets More Money From Government
Moderna, one of the companies racing to develop a COVID vaccine, got another $472 million from the federal government. That’s on top of $483 million it already received from the government.
Trump Tackles Prescription Drug Pricing With Executive Orders
President Donald Trump signed four executive orders Friday aimed at reducing the costs of medications like insulin that have risen to unaffordable levels for many Americans.
Florida COVID Count Leapfrogs New York, Second Only To California
Over 400,000 coronavirus cases are confirmed by Florida. Media outlets look at how the crisis devolved so quickly in the Sunshine State.
US Death Rate Climbs While Global Cases Jump By 1 Million In Just Days
For more U.S. states, as well as other nations, the trajectory of the pandemic is trending quickly in the wrong direction.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Viewpoints: The Pain Of Health Care Expenses; An ADA Anniversary In The Era Of Trump
Get a sampling of opinion and analysis of other health care issues.
Editorial pages focus on health care workers, masks, the Trump administration’s response and these other pandemic issues.
Longer Looks: Interesting Reads You Might Have Missed
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy. This week’s selections include stories on postal workers, wildfires, hunger, RBG, families and parenting, and COVID-19.
Cash-Strapped States Misuse Funds Targeted To End Poverty
The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, known as TANF, has been used by many states to help pay for programs that have little to do with moving poor people into the workforce, Stateline reports. Other outlets look at the president’s power to change the federal health law, technology problems for seniors and COVID-19’s effect on detention centers and prisons.
A Sea Of Blue Tarps As Another Hurricane Season Begins In Puerto Rico
Almost three years after Hurricane Maria, tens of thousands of homes in Puerto Rico are still uninhabitable. Meanwhile, in news from other countries: Mexico investigates price-fixing for medical oxygen; Israel battles a second wave of the virus; and Tokyo trades the summer Olympics for a spike in COVID cases.
More States Applying COVID Restrictions
News on the pandemic from across the country, with several states restricting gatherings and some businesses where the virus is apt to spread widely.
Concerns About Spread Of COVID Tempers Heat Relief Efforts
Keeping in mind that the coronavirus that can spread indoors, cities and relief organizations are adjusting how they keep people safe in the sweltering summer heat. Also in news on public health, a look at mental health apps, weapons used against protesters, vaccination rates and children’s brain development.
Racial Disparities In The Air We Breathe
Vehicular air pollution affects people who live near major highways, and they tend to be people of color.
Trump Concedes That Some School Districts May Need To Delay Opening
President Donald Trump still maintained, however, that “every district should be actively making preparations to open.” Also in the news: “learning hubs” for students in San Francisco and parents consider holding kindergarteners back a year.
Girl, 9, Is Youngest To Die Of COVID In Fla., Didn’t Have Underlying Illness
In other public health news related to the coronavirus: chronic health risk for U.S. adults; safety at the library; how to skip your friend’s party; and the Virginia state fair.
Study Finds Live Virus In Throat Swabs Up To 15 Days After Symptom Onset
The small study was performed on just five infected patients in South Korea who were hospitalized in February and March. In other research news, scientists have developed a synthetic biosensor that could monitor lung disease patients’ response to therapy.
More Advocates Join Call To Remove Zuckerberg Name From Hospital
An elected San Francisco official joined the effort to remove Mark Zuckerberg’s name from the city’s public hospital. (It’s unlikely to happen.) Other health care industry news is on telehealth, Wellmark and President Trump’s renewal of the public health emergency.
Trump Expected To Sign Executive Order On Drug Prices
Reporters weren’t given details of an executive order the president is expected to sign Friday afternoon, but speculation has it that the order will attempt to reduce some U.S. drug prices by linking them to the lower prices paid in other countries. Also news on opioids.
