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Health concerns center on the risks to the Secret Service agents present in the hermetically sealed vehicle with a COVID-positive Donald Trump. The president opted to leave Walter Reed Medical Center for a few minutes Sunday night to wave to gathered supporters from the presidential SUV.
Few and sometimes contradictory details about President Donald Trump's health have been made public, despite press briefings from his doctors who say they are encouraged by his progress. Information that has been provided -- such as dropping blood oxygen levels and aggressive treatments that include experimental drugs -- hint that the president has been seriously sick.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy. This week's selections include stories on COVID, dyslexia, selective mutism and mysterious ankle pain.
Editorial pages focus on the news of President Trump announcing he tested positive and other health issues, as well.
Human Rights Watch says police and security officers routinely pick up suspected LGBT people off the streets and detain them in “inhuman conditions." In other news, some Russian journalists are getting a new COVID vaccine there and an Irish court isn't impressed with Subway's bread.
Murray is the former CEO and president of the now-bankrupt Murray Energy. Other state news comes from Indiana, South Dakota, Utah, Oklahoma, California, North Carolina, Maryland and New York.
The medical examiner ruled Daniel Prude's death a homicide. Lawyers say his interpretation was a medical one not a legal one. News is also on poverty and racism and Black physicians on the front lines.
Documents on Amazon's injury rates among the company's warehouse workers are also revealed. Other news on public health focuses on body fat and longevity; salmonella and hedgehogs; and job loss among moms during the pandemic.
The agency said to apply soon because the money will go fast. News is on additional funding for HIV care, cyberattacks, unequal pay for female physicians and more.
The powerful trade group very publicly attacks President Trump's order to end diversity training. In other pharmaceutical industry news: Congress looks at a "cash cow" drug; and how the FDA should regulate artificial intelligence used in health care.
Media reports are on treatments, vaccine trials and more.
A number of health insurers are pitching more expansive Medicare Advantage plans. It's a lucrative line of business.
There is no evidence water can spread the virus, but researchers say knowing where to look for the virus is key in dealing with future infections. News is on testing, contact tracing and more, as well.
Various reports on Amy Coney Barrett's past statements reflect on her potential future Supreme Court decisions.
The letters are sparking outrage among advocates, and the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is removing the letters. Other health news about the Trump administration is on visitors at federal prisons; the Navy SEAL ethos; and checking the facts on President Donald Trump’s COVID program for those who are uninsured.
“Today’s package is another partisan exercise that will never become law,” said Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democrat from Virginia who voted no. Of the
Republicans, none voted for the plan.
COVID continues to affect the presidential campaign in many ways as candidates and their political parties adjust their strategies.
Concerns are raised that Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and others at this week's debate could have been exposed to the virus. But the news of President Donald Trump's COVID-19 infection will shake up the 2020 race in many other ways as well.
As President Donald Trump joins the list of world leaders who have contracted COVID, sympathy and hopes for a quick recovery were expressed by U.S. lawmakers from both sides of the aisle as well as global heads of state and other public figures.
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