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Twenty-six of the infected personnel at Gove County Medical Center in Quinter, Kansas have recovered and two remained hospitalized as of Oct. 16. Other health industry news is on PPE stockpiles, financially troubled dental practices, nursing, medical real estate and more.
After a surge of early voting across the country, election officials now brace for Election Day and in-person voting altered by the coronavirus.
Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said the Senate will vote on a $500 billion coronavirus relief package, but Nancy Pelosi says it is unlikely to happen before Election Day.
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer -- recently the target of a kidnapping plot related to her coronavirus lockdown orders -- charged that President Donald Trump is "inciting this kind of domestic terrorism" after he seemingly encouraged chants of "lock her up" at a Saturday campaign rally in the state.
Donald Trump tells his supporters that more lockdowns are in store if Joe Biden wins the White House. Meanwhile, Biden says the situation will get even worse under Trump who "continues to lie to us about the circumstances."
Dissension among the White House coronavirus advisers is hampering efforts to fight the pandemic. Much of the blame is placed on Scott Atlas, who advocates for a passive herd immunity response and no masks.
A Department of Agriculture rule would have slashed benefits for as many as 700,000 Americans. A federal judge struck it down Sunday, saying that the Trump administration failed to provide adequate justification or acknowledge the impact of such a change during the pandemic.
They also want $8.4 billion from Congress to pay for the rollout.
In an effort to speed up the delivery of COVID-19 test results, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services says it will pay less to labs that take longer than 2 days.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla says his company's mid-October target to apply for FDA emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate has shifted to mid-November, at the earliest.
Two large national pharmacy chains, CVS and Walgreens, have agreed to distribute COVID vaccine to nursing homes at no cost. Meanwhile, CVS says it will hire 15,000 people, 10,000 of them pharmacy technicians.
Health care professionals brace for the fall resurgence's influx of new coronavirus patients — and worry that the winter will be even worse. Meanwhile, the global tally of infections passes 40 million.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial writers focus on these health care topics and others.
Opinion writers express views about these approaches to the pandemic and others as well.
This week's selections include stories on smallpox, Subway bread, the importance of plants in medicine, cancer, gun deaths and NASA. Also, The Marshall Project takes a deep dive into why police dogs in Indianapolis are biting people at a rate unseen in the other largest 19 U.S. cities.
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, who toured with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, said families deserve options for learning despite an uptick in cases. More school news is from New York, the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, Indiana and elsewhere.
News is from Texas, Rhode Island, Florida, Iowa and California.
Global news is on travel restrictions in England, Spain, France and Italy; a tentative, partial reopening between New Zealand and Australia; and more.
The Department of Defense partnered with United Airlines in the six-month study. Other public news reports are on rapid tests, public restrooms, premature births, a teen who tested negative but then spread infection to 11 relatives, nursing homes and more.
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