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Twitter's action was in response to President Donald Trump claiming that mail drop boxes for voting "are not Covid sanitized," and a "voter security disaster." In other election news, Trump's chief of staff weighs in on security at polling places and the House passes a bill to delay changes at the Postal Service until after the election.
Also, the presidential candidate issues a ''Watch Me'' warning to President Donald Trump over his "Sleepy Joe" attacks, and more as well.
Other news on travel affected by COVID includes longer wait times at the border and a new surface coating for airliner interiors that works for 7 days.
In April, the administration told hospitals that they must share information with TeleTracking Technologies, a company whose government contract has drawn scrutiny on Capitol Hill.
President Donald Trump accused the FDA of delaying coronavirus vaccine approval until after the election. His unsubstantiated charge, delivered via Twitter on Saturday, even took some of his own administration officials by surprise and drew outrage and criticism from Democrats, drug companies and fact checkers.
Calling the move a "breakthrough," President Donald Trump announced that the Food and Drug Administration is issuing emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. Experts caution that the treatment shouldn't be oversold.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages address presidents' public health responses to dangerous viruses and other public health issues.
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy. This week's selections include stories on dry eyes, bisexuality, adolescent health care, parenting, COVID and a mystery illness.
The aim is to collect 2,000 patients who are actively undergoing treatment for cancers. News is also on the Flint Water crisis settlement, lower infections numbers in the District of Columbia and more.
Global news is from China, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Ireland, South Korea, Russia and elsewhere.
The city has seen a 60% decline over last year in people coming in for annual checkups, which are often where people are tested for HIV. Other public health news is on fentanyl overdoses, lung cancer treatments and more.
Meanwhile, school nurses are finding themselves on the front lines of a high-stakes experiment.
The event in South Dakota drew hundreds of thousands of people from across the country, some seen ignoring social distancing guidelines. News is on risky behavior in bars, dangers in public restrooms, good masks for wildfires and COVID, and more, as well.
At least one school, Sacramento State, has converted a parking garage into a classroom where as many as 100 students each weekday park and attend class virtually on laptops, USA TODAY reports.
"Broad-based testing can provide a more accurate assessment of prevalence and generate data to help control transmission,” researchers said. News on prisons is from Missouri and Michigan, as well.
Plaintiffs alleged that Essure, a metal device implanted in the fallopian tubes to prevent pregnancies, caused complications ranging from chronic pelvic pain to hysterectomy and even death.
The ride-sharing company is partnering with NimbleRx and will expand to other cities soon. News on industry changes looks at home treatments vs. hospital stays and more.
Other topics in the news include a new, milder coronavirus strain, COVID in breast milk and antibiotic timeouts.
Controversial moves by U.S. Postal Service leaders to dismantle processing equipment and cut worker hours reverberate from Capitol Hill to post offices filled with bugs to patients' medicine cabinets.
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