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The FDA-approved medication buprenorphine helps reduce cravings for heroin or fentanyl. Opponents of its use say it substitutes one drug for another. Also news on vaccine trials, rural hospitals, and Google sister company selling health insurance.
The 20-year-old, who has cerebral palsy, is in critical condition at Sinai-Grace Hospital in Detroit, where she is on a respirator and her heart is beating on its own.
In other public health news: Princess Cruises and Cunard have canceled their sailings into early 2021; a Kentucky man accused of twice breaking Canada's COVID rules could be fined $569,000; and more.
College students suspended for violating anti-COVID rules, more outbreaks and mixed court rulings on reopenings are among the reports.
The convention highlighted the appointment of judges and justices and other efforts to restrict abortion. The "right-to-try" untested drug treatments was also touted.
A genetic data study finds that the Biogen conference held in Boston in February played a much greater role in spreading the coronavirus in the outbreak's early days than previously identified. Meanwhile, public health experts say that the recent Sturgis motorcycle rally is shaping up as a similar "superspreader" event.
Efforts between the Democrats and Republicans to find a compromise on a new relief bill collapsed before the summer recess. In other news, New York joins other states in filing a lawsuit to block postal service changes.
Telling Americans "you are not alone," First Lady Melania Trump has been one of the few speakers so far at the Republican National Convention to voice sympathy for the more than 182,000 lives lost in the U.S. due to COVID-19.
People who have been exposed to others with the virus “do not necessarily need a test” if they are not experiencing symptoms, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn even apologized for overstating the results of convalescent plasma treatments.
Facilities face financial penalties if they don't test staff during an outbreak. The interim regulation is the first time the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has required such testing during the coronavirus pandemic.
In new emergency rules, the Trump administration warned hospitals that it would revoke Medicare and Medicaid dollars if coronavirus patient data and test results are not reported to HHS. The reporting program was previously voluntary.
While confirmed COVID-19 infections are down from last week's levels, places like Illinois, Hawaii and Puerto Rico report surges.
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The state was spared another round of fire-starting lightning storms, but residents are warned to stay away from homes in Northern California fire zones. California news is on masking up, nursing homes, progress on COVID, and more.
Cellphone data shows 61% of the counties in the U.S. have had visits from someone who attended the Sturgis, S.D., rally. State news is from Minnesota, Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota, Washington, Louisiana, Texas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Maine and Montana, as well.
Also in global headlines: Germany's travel warning for Paris and the French Riviera; questions of herd immunity in Brazil; virus lockdown in Gaza; and more.
The Florida Education Association filed a lawsuit saying the rule violated a provision in Florida's constitution. School news is from California, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, Alabama and Iowa.
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