School Reopenings Dominated By Disarray
College students suspended for violating anti-COVID rules, more outbreaks and mixed court rulings on reopenings are among the reports.
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Planned Parenthood Assailed At GOP Convention
The convention highlighted the appointment of judges and justices and other efforts to restrict abortion. The "right-to-try" untested drug treatments was also touted.
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From 99 to 20,000: Superspreading Biogen Conference Likely Source Of Far More Cases Than Previously Estimated
A genetic data study finds that the Biogen conference held in Boston in February played a much greater role in spreading the coronavirus in the outbreak's early days than previously identified. Meanwhile, public health experts say that the recent Sturgis motorcycle rally is shaping up as a similar "superspreader" event.
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American Airlines Warning About Layoffs Signals Congress About Need For Relief
Efforts between the Democrats and Republicans to find a compromise on a new relief bill collapsed before the summer recess. In other news, New York joins other states in filing a lawsuit to block postal service changes.
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Melania Trump Delivers Rare Nod At Convention To Tragedy Of Pandemic
Telling Americans "you are not alone," First Lady Melania Trump has been one of the few speakers so far at the Republican National Convention to voice sympathy for the more than 182,000 lives lost in the U.S. due to COVID-19.
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CDC: No COVID Symptoms? No Test
People who have been exposed to others with the virus “do not necessarily need a test” if they are not experiencing symptoms, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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FDA’s Positive Plasma Claims Are Walked Back
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn even apologized for overstating the results of convalescent plasma treatments.
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All Nursing Homes Must Now Test Workers For COVID, CMS Mandates
Facilities face financial penalties if they don't test staff during an outbreak. The interim regulation is the first time the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has required such testing during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Hospitals Must Report COVID Data Or Risk Medicare, Medicaid Funding
In new emergency rules, the Trump administration warned hospitals that it would revoke Medicare and Medicaid dollars if coronavirus patient data and test results are not reported to HHS. The reporting program was previously voluntary.
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Not A Straight Line Down: Daily Cases Creep Back Up Last Two Days
While confirmed COVID-19 infections are down from last week's levels, places like Illinois, Hawaii and Puerto Rico report surges.
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First Edition: Aug. 26, 2020
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
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Different Takes: Pros, Cons Of FDA’s Plasma Decision; Trump Plays Defense On Health Care Policies
Opinion writers weigh in on these health care topics and others.
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Viewpoints: Lessons On Mental Health, Loneliness Of College Students; Stop Deaths From Guns, Overdoses
Editorial pages focus on these public health topics and others.
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‘Roller Coaster’: Northern Californians Face More Dangerous Wildfires
The state was spared another round of fire-starting lightning storms, but residents are warned to stay away from homes in Northern California fire zones. California news is on masking up, nursing homes, progress on COVID, and more.
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Six States Set Out To Track COVID Infections From Sturgis Motorcyle Rally
Cellphone data shows 61% of the counties in the U.S. have had visits from someone who attended the Sturgis, S.D., rally. State news is from Minnesota, Nebraska, Wyoming, North Dakota, Washington, Louisiana, Texas, Wisconsin, Michigan, Oklahoma, Massachusetts, Maine and Montana, as well.
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Threat Of Resurgent COVID Shutters Most Schools In Seoul
Also in global headlines: Germany's travel warning for Paris and the French Riviera; questions of herd immunity in Brazil; virus lockdown in Gaza; and more.
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Judge Blocks Florida Requirement To Hold In-Class Instruction
The Florida Education Association filed a lawsuit saying the rule violated a provision in Florida's constitution. School news is from California, New Mexico, Texas, Montana, Alabama and Iowa.
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Some Good News About Mosquitoes And Ticks: They Can’t Spread COVID
In other public health news: peaches pulled for possible salmonella; breastfeeding pods in Walmart stores; and a breakthrough in cartilage research.
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Analysts Say Insurers’ Record Profits Will Be Tempered In Coming Months
Moody's expects profits to deflate as insurers give funds back to customers, Modern Healthcare reports. Also in news about the health care marketplace: Google invests in a telemedicine company going public and a Colorado man learns that an uninsured patient is extremely vulnerable to exorbitant hospital bills.
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Learning To Live With The Virus Doesn’t Have To Be Scary
Scientists map out scenarios of how humans might come to coexist with this new threat. News looks at developing immunity, retesting's value, and more.