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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that vaccinations, screening for childhood diseases, visits to the dentist and mental health care dropped from March through May, when many doctors' offices were closed. Still, CMS administrator Seema Verma said the absence of health care services “may have lifelong consequences for these vulnerable children.”
"That has to be approved by the White House. We may or may not approve it. That sounds like a political move," President Donald Trump said about a draft FDA plan to apply tougher safety and efficacy requirements for emergency use approval of a COVID-19 vaccine.
Nearly all of the samples taken in the more recent months of the pandemic for the largest U.S. genetic study of the virus that causes COVID-19 contained a mutation that makes it easier to transmit, though not deadlier.
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Just what you'd think would happen, bringing college kids back to campus helped to refuel the spread of the coronavirus, a study says.
Nine months into the pandemic, we're still talking about faster delivery of coronavirus tests; now it's drones.
Now for something really scary. "Many traditional Halloween activities can be high-risk for spreading viruses," the CDC says in just-released guidance that recommends avoiding traditional door-to-door trick-or-treating. Meanwhile, families try to figure out how to celebrate Thanksgiving during a pandemic.
Similar bills have been considered in recent years, but none came to fruition. Also: Sam's Club will offer telehealth subscriptions; Amazon expands virtual health care for employees; and more.
As shortages of N95 face masks persist, a study finds used ones can be sterilized with ultraviolet-C light. Another study finds 70% of Chinese-made N95s fail.
The president has also mocked the Biden campaign’s strict adherence to public health officials' guidance on social distancing. Presidential election news is on GOP voters against Trump, an upcoming rally in Virginia, key topics of the first debate and more.
The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon chose to use money Congress allocated to “prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus" to defense contractors for things like body armor and dress uniforms.
Four COVID-19 experimental vaccines are now in Phase 3 of clinical trial testing, but Johnson & Johnson's candidate is the only one that could be delivered in one shot instead of two.
The Canadian woman is charged with threatening President Donald Trump. She is also suspected of sending letters containing ricin to Texas jail employees.
The law guarantees the ability to buy health insurance and bans insurers from denying coverage or charging more to people with preexisting conditions such as diabetes, cancer — and potentially COVID-19. Any change would affect the almost 7 million people in the United States who have already had the coronavirus.
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