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So far, virus protections among wildfire fighters seem to be working, but the battle is far from over. In other news, evacuations at Bay Area hospitals and nursing homes; COVID adaptations at evacuation centers; and how two Gulf Coast storms could hamper the pandemic response.
Federal and state officials, as well as university leaders, continue to struggle with how to safely bring students and teachers back to day cares and classrooms.
Part of the reason is patients putting off care during the pandemic. Industry news looks at mergers, lawsuits, ethics, and surprise medical bills, as well.
President Trump, looking for anything positive in health care, hopes to batter drug companies on prices to find a winning campaign issue. Pharma batters back.
Scientists argue the FDA places such strict limits on the tests that few will be approved. News is on India's problems with fast tests, Michigan's contract with a company under scrutiny, and more, as well.
Republicans are much more likely to say the number of deaths is acceptable when considering how the U.S. is responding to the pandemic and more likely to believe the number is inflated, according to a USA Today survey.
A profile of a Pfizer scientist and a volunteer for a vaccine trial provide a glimpse of the progress being made for a vaccine. Meanwhile, Russians are upset their vaccine didn't get much attention.
Because of the crush of work in the pandemic, less attention is being devoted to the usual infection control priorities, experts suggest to Modern Healthcare. Reports on a variety of health workforce issues, include a profile of a nurse in Miami who has taken on a mission of helping the dying, Florida's hollowed out public health infrastructure, care cubes and an amateur epidemiologist who saw the need for face masks early.
White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows over the weekend criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for the lack of progress and she returned the favor. Meanwhile, millions of Americans are facing dire economic realities. In other news, The New York Times reports that administration officials have suggested to congressional leaders that a vaccine may be approved even before Phase 3 trials are complete. The administration denies that.
Testing, temperature checks and digital tracking tools are in use at the Republican National Convention physical site in Charlotte, North Carolina, to try to control coronavirus spread. President Donald Trump will make his case for reelection virtually, due to the pandemic.
Twitter's action was in response to President Donald Trump claiming that mail drop boxes for voting "are not Covid sanitized," and a "voter security disaster." In other election news, Trump's chief of staff weighs in on security at polling places and the House passes a bill to delay changes at the Postal Service until after the election.
Also, the presidential candidate issues a ''Watch Me'' warning to President Donald Trump over his "Sleepy Joe" attacks, and more as well.
Other news on travel affected by COVID includes longer wait times at the border and a new surface coating for airliner interiors that works for 7 days.
In April, the administration told hospitals that they must share information with TeleTracking Technologies, a company whose government contract has drawn scrutiny on Capitol Hill.
President Donald Trump accused the FDA of delaying coronavirus vaccine approval until after the election. His unsubstantiated charge, delivered via Twitter on Saturday, even took some of his own administration officials by surprise and drew outrage and criticism from Democrats, drug companies and fact checkers.
Calling the move a "breakthrough," President Donald Trump announced that the Food and Drug Administration is issuing emergency authorization to treat COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma. Experts caution that the treatment shouldn't be oversold.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages address presidents' public health responses to dangerous viruses and other public health issues.
Each week, KHN finds longer stories for you to sit back and enjoy. This week's selections include stories on dry eyes, bisexuality, adolescent health care, parenting, COVID and a mystery illness.
The aim is to collect 2,000 patients who are actively undergoing treatment for cancers. News is also on the Flint Water crisis settlement, lower infections numbers in the District of Columbia and more.
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