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Imperial County, a rural area along the Arizona and Mexico borders, has the state’s highest coronavirus infection rate. Meanwhile, California reports that more than 6,000 residents have died from the virus and the governor announces more stringent measures to battle the disease.
Media outlets report on news from Florida, New York, Arizona, Texas, California, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Tennessee, Massachusetts, Michigan, Virginia, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Georgia, and more.
The Washington Post reports that the only major outbreak tied to mass racial justice protests happened in South Carolina, where at least 13 people who took part in previous protests tested positive. Also in the news: mental health experts offer tips for coping with the rage many Americans are experiencing.
“These provisional findings are consistent with the hypothesis that arrest and jailing practices are augmenting infection rates in highly policed neighborhoods,” the authors of one study wrote. News on prisons is from Massachusetts, also.
COVID cases now are being reported among a younger population. This new mother turned to anti-anxiety medicine, The Wall Street Journal reports, because she couldn't always wear a mask. Her patients didn't recognize her when she wore it. Other public health news is also on pregnancy, lung impairments, a survey of teens on social distancing, one elderly couple's final hours, health services cuts, quarantine at Fort Bragg, health care system mistakes, athletes and more.
In other pharmaceutical news: Glenmark Pharmaceuticals charged with price-fixing; the syringe business is booming; and more.
News outlets report that the emerging GOP embrace of mask-wearing still has an important holdout: President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, reports detail masks' potential to boost the economy and curb the spread of COVID-19. In the background, there is also advice on what masks may be most effective.
Even in the midst of the challenges of the coronavirus era, public health officers face a public backlash as they attempt to impose restrictions designed to curb the illness's spread. State legislation has been introduced in California to provide protections. Meanwhile, as states prepare for the virus's next wave, groups representing health workers are pushing government officials to plan ahead to make sure these professionals have access to adequate PPE.
The publicly available tool, funded by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant, may help companies trying to set their premiums for 2021. In other news, insurers offer new options for COVID-19 testing.
In other news: Hospitals using artificial intelligence in end-of-life care; new doctors; and health centers merge in Boston neighborhood.
The report, to be released Wednesday, charges that federal officials were slow and ineffective in their initial response to the outbreak in vulnerable nursing homes.
The measure must still be approved by the House. With just hours left to go before the program was slated to end, senators agreed to give the Small Business Administration the ability to keep approving Paycheck Protection Program loans until Aug. 8. News outlets also detail the economic chaos caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
On Tuesday, voters approved the ballot measure that amended the state's constitution to make it possible for the Medicaid program to provide health insurance to tens of thousands of low-income residents. Support for the effort was concentrated in the state's urban areas, while rural voters largely opposed it.
The FDA released guidance Tuesday on the criteria it will use to approve any coronavirus vaccine. Any candidates must prevent or decrease disease severity in at least 50% of the people inoculated. Temporary authorizations may be considered on a “case-by-case basis,” the agency said.
Testifying at a Senate health committee hearing, Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top U.S. public health officials painted a bleak picture of the future path COVID-19 could take if efforts to test for and combat the virus are not taken by government leaders and citizens alike.
That's the highest number of official U.S. cases reported in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The number of lives lost topped 126,000.
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