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California officials say the ban is necessary to prevent drug companies from thwarting competition and maintaining higher prices. In other news from the state: Legislators say they may offer extra jobless benefits if the federal government doesn't act in time; and how California's pandemic fight compares with New York's.
Media reports from England, Vietnam, Taiwan, Bosnia, Mexico, Burkina Faso and elsewhere.
Opinion writers express views about mask wearing, opening schools and other public health issues.
While few question the sweeping impact of the Americans with Disabilities Act, signed into law 30 years ago, the legislation falls short in certain areas and the COVID pandemic has revealed other flaws.
Media reports about COVID from Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Iowa, Maine, Texas, Oregon, Montana and Nevada.
While professional sports teams continue to grapple with how to bring the paying public into stadiums, let alone how to field a healthy team, cruise ship companies examine ship systems that could spread the virus onboard. Also, a water park flouts rules, as do wealthy partygoers on the Hamptons.
Toxic hand sanitizers contain methanol or wood alcohol. Public health news includes Sinclair Broadcast's decision to not run a false Fauci conspiracy story, Google's work-from-home plans and an assurance that hyper-hygiene is unnecessary.
New stories look at children's fears, parents promoting homeschooling, shifting decisions and a look at HBCU decisions, as well.
Dermal Photonics joins other companies trying to market sensors using new technologies. Other medical tech news includes bioprinting, biotech funding and taking safety to extremes at a biosafety lab.
In other news affecting health care personnel: Monument Health hospitals open doors to visitors; Massachusetts doctors weigh in on an increase in cases; and a call to raise pay for home health workers. Also, Dr. Joseph J. Costa, head of Baltimore’s Mercy Medical Center ICU, dies at 56 of COVID-19.
As scientists work to discover the effects coronavirus has on the human body, new research finds alarming heart damage. Another study shows that 1 in 5 people exhibit longer-term symptoms.
While some Americans still question the efficacy of masks, scientists find that even if masks don't block the virus entirely that they can result in a milder form of the disease.
Officials in those states both take actions to boost coronavirus testing in vulnerable regions.
Quality of care for beneficiaries and reimbursement speed are among the complaints cited by health care providers about Iowa's privatized Medicaid program. Other news stories cover New York's rebate efforts and Medicaid enrollment.
The U.S. is unprepared to distribute a COVID vaccine, a Democratic think tank says, because of potential shortages of vaccine-brewing equipment, cold storage and raw materials. It predicts major bottlenecks.
Pfizer's developmental vaccine, BNT162b2, encodes a version of the virus's whole spike protein, which it how the virus enters cells. The choice of vaccine should lead to “more consistent responses across diverse populations and in older adults," Pfizer said.
The Democratic Party platform aligns with Joe Biden's campaign promises, but almost 400 delegates to the convention wanted the promise of "Medicare for All" included. Legalizing marijuana is also not in the platform.
Just as debate organizers announce a new site for the first scheduled presidential election debate they must now find a new location for the second.
President Donald Trump again says a vaccine will be ready before the end of the year, while Dr. Anthony Fauci tells ABC News he doesn't have "a good answer" as to why the U.S. has trouble distributing personal protective gear.
While signing executive orders aimed at lowering prescription drug prices, President Donald Trump said he would meet today with industry leaders to discuss the measures. But no pharma executives opted to join. The executive orders have not yet been made public.
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