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Public-sector employees are legally barred from striking in New York, but teachers have threatened to hold sickouts, The New York Times reports. In Iowa, the statewide teachers union announced a lawsuit over Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds’ mandate that districts offer at least 50% classroom instruction.
The deal is subject to a federal judge's approval. Tens of thousands of Flint residents exposed to contaminated drinking water are expected to be eligible, with most of the money designated for kids poisoned by hazardous lead.
President Trump said the decision was made because many "people over there don't want to rush things. They want to do it after Nov. 3rd." Research news is on vaccine trials, as well.
Testing new regulatory guidance, drugmakers step up efforts to restrict how 340B providers can contract with pharmacies, Modern Healthcare reports.
NPR investigates the Department of Health and Human Service's system for distributing the drug to the states.
The unexpected moves against Gilead's filgotinib and BioMarin's Roctavian have rocked the biotech industry, doctors and Wall Street.
A new internal report by U.S. intelligence agencies says local officials in Hubei province and Wuhan withheld information from China’s central leadership in the early weeks of the coronavirus epidemic. The assessment could impact ongoing allegations by the Trump administration that China tried to cover up the outbreak from the world.
The high court announces it will hear on Nov. 10 arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. A decision is expected in June 2021.
While accepting the Democrats' vice presidential nomination, Sen. Kamala Harris also linked the impact of the COVID epidemic on communities of color to systemic racial inequities.
The new research raises alarms about the role of children in spreading coronavirus, especially at a time when many are returning to school.
"This could turn around very quickly if we're not careful," said Adm. Brett Giroir, the head of federal testing. "We saw that early on after Memorial Day and the couple weeks afterward that sort of started the current outbreak." U.S. deaths surpassed 173,000.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages focus on the issues universities and parents face as college students return to campuses and other health topics, as well.
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic topics and others.
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
Media outlets report on news from India, England, Germany, Poland, Indonesia, France, Japan, New Zealand and elsewhere.
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia says OSHA’s industry-specific safety recommendations go far enough during the pandemic. Media outlets report on news from Virginia, California, Oregon, Ohio and Maryland.
News on mental health is also on gun suicides, Latinos, active coping, teens, teletherapy and more.
The small study in Nature Medicine reports that the response in children is not Kawasaki disease. Research news is on training dogs to sniff out COVID, making science reading easier, and more.
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