A Ferocious Hurricane Made Worse With COVID
COVID-19 makes evacuating and protecting people much harder as category-4 Hurricane Laura slams into the Gulf States.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Pence Vows End-Of-Year Vaccine In Speech, Then Greets Maskless Supporters
During his keynote speech on the third night of the Republican National Convention, Vice President Mike Pence said, “I’m proud to report that we’re on track to have the world’s first safe, effective coronavirus vaccine by the end of this year." He also praised health care workers.
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Low-Cost, Rapid Nasal Swab Test Gets Emergency OK From FDA
It's the first such quick test to get FDA authorization that does not require specialty lab equipment like traditional tests. Abbot Laboratories will sell the 15-minute test for $5.
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Public Health Experts Appalled By Testing Change, Question Scientific Basis
The shifting guidance will confuse Americans and result in less testing, public health experts worry — as they also raise alarms about the scientific reasoning driving the CDC's abrupt change. In related news, Dr. Anthony Fauci was not in the room when the deliberation happened.
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The Vaccine Race: Who Gets One First?; Novavax, Moderna Report Progress
The CDC proposes guidelines for who in the U.S. will have first access to a COVID-19 vaccine — once one is approved. Meanwhile, Novavax is reportedly eyeing December to apply for authorization of its vaccine candidate, while Moderna shows promising trial results in older adults.
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White House Task Force Directed CDC To Weaken COVID Testing Guidelines
The reason behind the CDC's sudden change to its recommendations as to who should get a coronavirus test has set off a new flap over the Trump administration's handling of the pandemic.
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First Edition: Aug. 27, 2020
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Different Takes: GOP Convention Hails Liberty Over Lockdowns; Despite What Trump Says, His COVID Actions Are Underwhelming
Opinion writers weigh in on how the GOP's convention is presenting the administration's handling of the pandemic and other health issues.
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Viewpoints: Lessons On The FDA’s Fuddling Of Statistics; Vaccine Trials Need To Include Children
Opinion writers weigh in on these public heath issues and others.
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Perspectives: USPS Crisis; Biden’s Health Plans; Physician Dispensing; And Medical Innovation
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
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Two Patients In Europe Had COVID Twice
Global health developments are reported out of Guatemala, China, South Korea, Spain, England, Jamaica, Senegal and other countries.
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Lawmakers Question Unusual ‘Operation Warp Speed’ Contract
By designating drug company executive Moncef Slaoui as a private contractor, he can avoid disclosing drug company investments that he accumulated as a former top executive at GlaxoSmithKline and as a partner in a large venture capital fund, Medicxi.
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Drugmakers Make Counteroffer On Trump’s Drug-Pricing Plan; Teva Indicted On Price-Fixing Charges
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
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Health Experts Decry Efforts To Bar Asylum Seekers Over Fears They Spread COVID
Also, reports on two Navajo Nation sisters who worked side by side and died of COVID, mental health issues for trauma surgeons, and on people of color on the front line of the pandemic who are dying.
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FEMA Might Stop Paying For PPE, Other COVID Supplies, States Say
According to a top official in Vermont, FEMA officials told cities and states that they may have to use other federal programs to cover the costs of their coronavirus supplies, including protective gear for government employees and disinfection supplies for schools, the Washington Post says.
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Two People Killed During Demonstrations In Kenosha
Jacob Blake, the man Kenosha, Wisconsin, police shot in the back is said to be paralyzed from the waist down. In other news r ace and health, Latinos struggles in Marin County, Calif. and more.
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COVID-Related Medical Research Findings
Ozone as a coronavirus disinfectant, antigen tests in men vs. women, flu and heart disease are among the more significant research recent findings.
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Only 29% Of Opioid Treatment Facilities Provide Life-Saving Drug
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.
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Woman Mistakenly Declared Dead, Found Alive At Funeral Home
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.
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CDC Urges Store Workers Not To Argue With People Who Aren’t Wearing Masks
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.
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