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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.
These patients spent, on average, 4.5 fewer days in intensive care than those with Type A or AB blood. The latter group averaged 13.5 days in the ICU and was more likely to require ventilators.
News is on an offensive video from FIGS, how a doctor's bias impacts care, the future of telemedicine, home health aides and more.
Remdesivir is the only antiviral drug authorized for treatment of COVID in the U.S., and the results are likely a major blow to scientists hunting for a viable medication.
Whether making it, transporting it or administering it, every step of the COVID vaccination process is rife with complications, Stat reports.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved a waiver request from Georgia to expand its Medicaid program with restrictions that narrow the number of residents who will be eligible.
While the confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett focused on the Affordable Care Act and abortion, there are a host of health-policy cases the high court will decide in the near future and far term, Politico reports.
Up to now, the stimulus stalemate has primarily been between House Democrats and White House negotiators. But the latest $1.8 trillion proposed package, which President Donald Trump says he supports, was nixed Thursday by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Residents of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, rail against using the town's name to promote herd immunity; the CDC struggles to contain White House meddling; former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says he was "wrong" not to wear a mask at the White House; and more.
President Donald Trump announced his plan ahead of legal and regulatory reviews, which are now bogged down by questions of whether the White House has the authority to outlay billions in Medicare funds. One anonymous administration official tells AP that the odds are 75-25 it won't happen.
The Trump administration rejected California's request for disaster-relief funds to help it recover from some of the worst wildfires in the state's history. It also recently withheld health care funds from 9/11 first responders and stimulus checks from incarcerated people, and has threatened to withhold COVID grants from "anarchist" cities.
COVID-19 played a major role in canceling a second in-person debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, while also dominating the stage of the candidates' alternative town hall events.
The Biden team revealed some specifics about the first known positive tests among campaign staffers Thursday and stressed the protective measures they are taking. And Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris halted weekend travel plans "out of an abundance of caution."
The U.S. is about to blow by the 8 million mark for confirmed cases of COVID-19 with new infections accelerating quickly. Hospitalizations are also on the rise and some city hospitals report bed shortages.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy over the weekend. Part 1 is all about COVID.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris suspends campaign travel and in-person events after her communications director and another staffer contract COVID-19. The campaign says neither team member had contact with Harris since their positive test.
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