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According to the HHS secretary, the most vulnerable Americans could receive the vaccine by the end of this year. Seniors, health care workers and first responders could get it by the end of January. Everyone else could receive it "by the end of March to early April." Azar's timetable differs from the one laid out earlier this month by the CDC and NIH. Meanwhile, Politico reports that Azar could oust FDA chief Stephen Hahn over vaccine disputes.
News on the president's re-election campaign covers COVID fears, Donald Trump's focus on "immunity," promised prescription drug discount cards and Medicare claims.
Talks between Democrats and Republicans continued but a deal seemed harder to get to after President Trump entered the fray Wednesday night.
Former president Barack Obama said in a speech Wednesday that, “This idea that somehow this White House has done anything but completely screw this up is just not true.”
In a 5-3 vote, the Supreme Court justices sided with Alabama's secretary effort to block counties from offering curbside in-person voting during the pandemic.
The massive settlement deal also covers civil cases against the maker of the painkiller OxyContin.
The CDC previously defined the time and distance during which COVID-19 could be transmitted as 15 continuous minutes within six feet of an infectious person. Now they say that time window could be cumulative over a 24-hour period.
In other news related to children's health: A New Orleans archbishop has asked all diocesan priests on his list of religious men credibly accused of molesting children to leave the Catholic clergy entirely; and youth advocates in Texas say the state is not doing enough to protect detainees in juvenile prisons from physical and sexual abuse.
With Democrats refusing to show up, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed along Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination. A full Senate vote is expected next Monday.
At least 75 percent of the U.S. is experiencing a spike in new COVID-19 infections, the CDC warns. Things are particularly worrisome in the Midwest. And the worst could still be yet to come, as the winter holidays could increase transmissions.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic issues and others.
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
Education news on the pandemic also focuses on the political impact of empty campuses; school closures in Georgia; and a fine for a California private school that refused to close.
Reports are from Louisiana, North and South Carolina, Maryland, California, Massachusetts, and Georgia.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
Public health experts look to the Southern Hemisphere when making flu season projections, but this year they're urging Americans to prepare for the worst even though fewer cases emerged in Australia and New Zealand. News is on Alzheimer's disease, Ebola, breast cancer, and lung cancer, as well.
COVID cases are again sharply on the rise across the country, straining hospitals. States are also trying to prepare plans for the distribution of a vaccine.
Some states can hold those doctors accountable, but Georgia isn't one of them. Also, the pandemic's emotional toll on health care workers and the impacts of unconscious bias in health care.
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