Perspectives: Lessons On The Importance Of Finding Purpose, Being Willing To Cooperate
Editorial writers focus on these public health topics and others.
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Viewpoints: Biden Can Bring Science Back Home To America; Return To Lockdowns Would Be A Big Mistake
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic topics and others.
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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 COVID-19, developmental disabilities, long QT syndrome, mental endurance and health care in the prison system.
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Worldwide Measles Deaths Soared As More Children Went Unvaccinated
Public health officials worry that the pandemic will lead to even higher rates, which hit a 23-year high. News is also from Bahrain and Spain.
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Chicagoans Told To Stay Home As Cities, States Crack Down On COVID
In New Jersey, exasperated Gov. Phil Murphy pleaded with coronavirus-fatigued residents on Thursday to keep following health guidelines: "You know what's really uncomfortable and annoying? When you die. That's my answer."
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Case Numbers In Nursing Homes See 40% Increase
Shortage of PPE and staff are impacting many care facilities, as well as staff who unknowingly transport the virus in parts of the country where spread is accelerating.
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Report: 80% of Inmates in Texas Jails Who Died Of COVID Were Awaiting Trial
The analysis by researchers at the University of Texas also shows that of the inmates in prison who died, nine of them had been approved for parole and were awaiting release, 21 of them had served 90% or more of their sentence and 58% of those who died in prisons were eligible for parole.
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Ivy League Cancels Winter Sports; Cruise Ship Reports More Positive Tests
In other sports and recreational news: Hawaiian Airlines will let you swap miles for COVID test kits; 80% of Japanese people think the Tokyo Olympics shouldn't be held at all; and more.
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Mental Health-Related Emergencies Increase 31% For Teens
The CDC analyzed data from 47 states and noted that visits for girls were higher. Other public health news is on online shopping, testing, prostate cancer, Thanksgiving gatherings and more.
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Data Breaches Fewer Than September’s High, But Nearly 60 Reported
Hacking and IT incidents accounted for 70% of the events, according to Modern Healthcare. News is on United Healthcare, a health information exchange and more.
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‘AARF’ Bill Aims To Prevent Use Of Dogs In Pharmaceutical Research
In certain cases, the FDA won't allow companies to pursue alternatives that do not require animal testing. The bill, known as the Alternatives to Animals for Regulatory Fairness Act, or AARF, would change that.
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California Approves Ballot Measure on Stem-Cell Research
Following Thursday’s vote count update, Proposition 14 had a 325,000-vote lead and 51% of the votes. It was the narrowest margin of victory for any of this year’s 12 ballot questions, AP reports.
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Drugs For Multiple Sclerosis And OCD Studied As Possible COVID Treatments
Both may help prevent patients from getting worse. In other news: The Trump administration has reached a deal with pharmacies across the nation to distribute a coronavirus vaccine for free; Pfizer says vaccine volunteers who received a placebo will eventually receive the real vaccine; and more.
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Biden Team Says Transition Delays Hurt Efforts To Battle Virus Surge
Democrats allege that the Trump administration is endangering lives by denying President-elect Joe Biden access to transition resources needed to put his coronavirus response plan in place.
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Alito Calls Pandemic ‘Constitutional Stress Test’ In Provocative Speech
“The pandemic has resulted in previously unimaginable restrictions on individual liberty,” Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito said during remarks to the Federalist Society in which he also discussed religious freedom and gay rights.
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Trump Absent From Coronavirus Fight At Emergency’s Worst Moment Yet
Since the election results he disputes, President Donald Trump has remained silent about the alarming virus surge and taken no new actions to combat it.
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More States Add Restrictions As COVID Cases Shoot Past 160,000 In One Day
Daily infections have nearly doubled in less than three weeks. Some city and state governments are scrambling to combat the out-of-control increase, shuttering schools and reimposing other restrictions. The rapid deterioration "should frighten all of us," a health care system CEO told the AP.
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Testing, ICU Beds And Health Workers Are Once Again In Short Supply
Months into the pandemic, there are worries that the U.S. health care system still does not have the capacity to test and care for the latest flood of coronavirus patients.
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First Edition: Nov. 13, 2020
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: What’s With Another Slow White House Response To COVID?; Lessons On Mutating Viruses, Vaccines
Editorial writers express views about these pandemic topics and others.
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