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The FDA says evidence doesn't show that Makena is effective for its approved use, but AMAG Pharmaceuticals wants a hearing to review its rationale. Other companies in the news include Evotec, Eli Lilly, Disarm Therapeutics, AstraZeneca and more.
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.
Do car emissions make COVID worse? Why do more men die than women? Researchers — including a 14-year-old from Texas — are getting closer to finding answers.
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.
After a surge of early voting across the country, election officials now brace for Election Day and in-person voting altered by the coronavirus.
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.
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."
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.
They also want $8.4 billion from Congress to pay for the rollout.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Opinion writers express views about these approaches to the pandemic and others as well.
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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.
Global news is on travel restrictions in England, Spain, France and Italy; a tentative, partial reopening between New Zealand and Australia; and more.
News is from Texas, Rhode Island, Florida, Iowa and California.
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