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Veteran Affairs Secretary Robert Wilkie says plans for going live with its electronic health records project at a center in Spokane, Washington are on track for October. Veterans news is on use of hydroxychloroquine in a nursing home, as well.
Also: more test shortages, more test delays and another negative test for Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine.
Other health industry topics in the news: PPE shortages; unionization among nurses; earnings reports; the MCAT; joint replacements; intersex surgeries; and more.
In the next two weeks, President Trump says he will sign an executive order requiring health insurers to cover all preexisting conditions. Democrats jumped on the announcement, claiming that the president is trying to run under achievements of the Affordable Care Act that he is also working to overturn.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar's trip to Taiwan is the first by a high-ranking administration official in decades, in face of Chinese opposition.
Despite the latest move by President Donald Trump, both Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Democratic congressional leaders say they could return to the negotiating table.
Trump administration officials are defending President Donald Trump's executive actions aiming to circumvent Congress with sometimes contradictory messages. Democrats slam the move as unconstitutional, though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has yet to say if she will challenge them in court. News outlets take a look at what's in the orders.
A new report reveals that nearly 100,000 children tested positive during the last two weeks of July.
The total jumped by a million in just the last two weeks. And that's the number of confirmed cases -- experts believe the real number could be 10 times higher.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages focus on pandemic policies and other public health issues.
Opinion writers weigh in on these public health topics and others.
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy. This week's selections include stories on masks, COVID, the opera, tuberculosis, trash, Ebola and more.
Global developments are also reported out of Sweden and Egypt.
Texas and Washington are opening nursing homes to visitors. Indiana releases numbers that reveal two-thirds of its COVID deaths were in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Other pandemic developments are reported out of Idaho, Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, Utah, Mississippi, Missouri, Georgia, New York and the Washington, D.C. area.
The governor of Ohio tested positive for the coronavirus before a scheduled greeting of President Trump, misses that meeting, but then tested negative.
Media outlets report on the deteriorating mental health of adults and children. Michelle Obama says she is suffering too and Headspace's app is soaring.
Unlike when the pandemic started, more cases are being seen in young adults, teens, young children and babies. Research news on asymptomatic people, the immune system and DIY tests, as well.
Also: bacterial meningitis diagnosed in Maryland boy; parents of AFM survivors share advice; and how to parent highly sensitive children.
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