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Vaccine makers and the federal government accelerated development of potential COVID-19 vaccines at an unprecedented pace. But the mixed messages about safety and politics has created hesitancy among Americans, surveys show.
The Democratic vice presidential candidate said told CNN that "I would not trust Donald Trump" about the reliability of a potential coronavirus vaccine, with his re-election at stake.
In a news conference Monday, President Donald Trump lashed out at vaccine confidence questions raised by his election opponents and hinted at an upcoming "surprise." And Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden says he’d choose an effective vaccine over an election win.
Government leaders in Australia and the United Kingdom talk about an early 2021 timeline in which those nations should receive AstraZeneca’s vaccine, viewed as a front runner in the global race.
Nine pharmaceutical companies are expected to sign a statement intended to reassure the public that they will not seek premature approval of COVID-19 vaccines due to pressure from the Trump administration.
After the last holiday weekend of summer and school reopening, public health experts warily eye coronavirus stats for an expected spike. Cases could peak a few weeks after Election Day. And a new model forecasts that the U.S. could reach 400,000 deaths by January.
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COVID news from across the country, including about an FBI raid at a Pennsylvania nursing home.
California authorities shut down the prison's dental clinic, citing its role in spreading coronavirus in the facility.
The state auditors will look at how health officials collect and report data about COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths, in an effort to promote consistency.
Seven officers have been suspended after Wednesday's release of the body camera footage that showed Rochester, New York, police putting a "spit hood" over a distressed black man's head. The encounter happened in March after Daniel Prude, 41, left a hospital during a mental health crisis. He died.
Other public health news covers "ultra-processed" food dangers, alcohol consumption's impact on weight, home hair dye safety and Valley Fever.
In other education news: partying students force the State University of New York at Oneonta to cancel in-person classes; Democrats push for tobacco-free college campuses; and more.
Other names in the news include Biofourmis, Oncorus and more.
An international panel of experts, assembled in the aftermath of one scientist's secret use of CRISPR to "edit" the DNA of a human embryo, offers guidelines for the gene modifying technology.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services launches its new comparison platform, available on Medicare.gov, which consolidates eight tools in one spot.
A Penn State University doctor notes a high incidence of myocarditis among athletes who suffered with COVID-19, though it is not as high as the 30% that he initially stated.
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