Perspectives: Trump’s Plan For Prescription Drug Prices
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Trump To Meet With Drugmakers This Week, Reuters Reports
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
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Children In Minority Communities More Likely To Get Infected
Hospitalization rates are also much higher than in other neighborhoods, according to The New York Times. Public health news is on long-lasting symptoms, good ventilation and crowded open spaces.
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Many Questions About A COVID Vaccine Rollout
With everyone betting there will be a vaccine, questions now turn to who gets it first and how it is rolled out to the rest of us. Many experts are not optimistic it will go smoothly.
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Panel: Not Enough Data To Support Plasma Therapy
A National Institutes of Health panel casts doubt on the FDA decision to push convalescent plasma therapy to treat COVID patients.
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Government Hasn’t Started Recouping Relief Loans
Hospitals await the garnishing of Medicare payments that they'd expected would have begun by now. Other industry news from Chicago and Canada.
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Negotiations Over COVID Stimulus Bill Still Stalled
Democrats and Republicans remain at loggerheads over another stimulus bill to counteract the economic effects of the COVID epidemic.
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Homeland Security Held Back Info On Russian Scheme To Question Biden’s Mental Health: Report
ABC News obtained emails showing that Department of Homeland Security officials delayed distributing a warning of a Russian disinformation campaign aimed at fomenting concerns about Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's mental fitness. Other stories covers voter safety and health news from the campaign trail.
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With Stockpile Full, HHS Cancels Ventilator Contracts
The federal government now has about 120,000 ventilators in the national stockpile, available to be distributed to state and local health officials if needed.
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FEMA Ends Funding For Face Masks For Schools
"Supporting schools and other functions — courthouses and other related functions – are not a direct emergency protective measures and therefore they're not eligible for [federal funding]," said Keith Turi, a FEMA official.
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Who Gets Rapid COVID Tests First? HHS Sending To States For Assisted Living Facilities, Schools
Testing czar Brett Giroir released more details on how the federal government plans to distribute Abbott's newly approved antigen test. The initial focus will be on assisted living facilities and schools, as well as people recently impacted by Hurricane Laura and the California wildfires.
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Trump Furiously Denies Suggestion Of Mini-Stroke As Reason For Irregular Walter Reed Exam
President Donald Trump vented his anger on Twitter over health questions raised by a new book that says Vice President Mike Pence was on alert to assume presidential powers during Trump's unannounced medical visit last November. Pence says he does not recall being on standby and Trump's doctors issued a rare statement stating the president has not experienced or been evaluated for a stroke, mini-stroke or heart-related emergency.
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CDC Bans Residential Evictions Through End Of This Year
The Trump administration issued the moratorium to prevent millions of people out of work during the pandemic from losing their homes. The order does not offer financial assistance for landlords missing rent.
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US To Go It Alone On COVID Vaccine, Spurns WHO-Led Global Consortium
The Trump administration announced that the United States will not join an international efforts — led by the World Health Organization with nearly every other nation involved — to develop and distribute a coronavirus vaccine.
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Iowa Warned To Pull Back Amid Spike While COVID Cases Down In Sun Belt
The White House coronavirus task force urges Iowa leaders to take further steps to control the state's outbreak. Meanwhile, in most Southern and Western states that reported a huge summer spike, new cases are down.
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First Edition: Sept. 2, 2020
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Viewpoints: CDC Quit Trying To Defeat COVID; Distrust In Science Is Spreading
Opinion writers weigh in on these public health issues and others.
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Perspectives: Lessons On Losing Chadwick Boseman To Colon Cancer; Data On Public Health Is Sorely Lacking
Editorial pages focus on these public health issues and others.
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How The World Is Faring: Indonesia Also Battles Flood Of Medical Waste
Global news is from Indonesia, Hong Kong, France, Poland, Russia, Portugal, India, Australia, Spain and Canada.
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COVID Worries, Heat Add To Growing List Of Problems Following Hurricane Laura
As temperatures soar higher than 100 degrees, 300,000 households and businesses in Louisiana remain without power. People seek shelter in evacuation centers and hotels.
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