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Research Roundup: COVID’s Ties To Cannabis, PFAS Pollution And Pregnancy; Respiratory Syncytial Virus; And More
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
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Police Body Camera Video Captures George Floyd’s Harrowing Pleas
Over an hour of video from the cameras of several of the officers involved with encounter was just released. George Floyd appears visibly distraught and afraid on the footage.
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Justice Ginsburg Released From Hospital
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had been admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital for a possible infection following a medical procedure.
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Mix Of 155 Rich And Poor Nations To Join Vaccine Alliance
Global pandemic developments are reported out of Russia, Hong Kong, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, France, Australia and other nations.
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‘Dangerous’ Virus Surge In LA, San Francisco Drive New Restrictions
With coronavirus cases escalating in California's two largest cities, Los Angeles and San Francisco leaders take steps to freeze or reverse reopening efforts. And Rose Parade organizers announce the Jan. 1, 2021 event will not take place.
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More Big Retailers Demand Mask-Wearing
Following the lead of Best Buy on Monday, Walmart and Kroger said customers must wear masks while in their stores. Walmart even complained of a lack of federal rules.
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Oklahoma’s Governor Contracts COVID-19
The Republican governor attended the Tulsa Trump rally and has been cavalier about the threat posed by the virus.
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Advocates Recommend Face Masks As Way To Also Protect Wearers, Including Children
Breathing in a little of the virus might lead to no infection, experts say. A number of other studies and reports on masks: front-line workers and hairstylists, Texas lab tests and sterilizing. And then a plea from Trump's former doctor to avoid orders to wear them.
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Georgia Governor Overrides Localities Orders To Wear A Mask
Gov. Brian Kemp says he is encouraging voluntary mask wearing but local rules requiring masks are a “bridge too far.”
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Dietary Panel Recommends No Added Sugar For Children Up To Age 2
The new advice is part of the report from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee to federal agencies that will use them to create the final 2020 to 2025 dietary guidelines. The experts also said that the recommended maximum alcohol consumption for men be lowered from two drinks a day to one.
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Alabama Gov. Reluctantly Issues Mask Order As Infections Soar
Gov. Kay Ivey did not roll back reopenings, though. State news on masks is from Montana, Arkansas, Michigan, Alabama and Florida, as well.
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Science Panel: Reopen Schools, Especially For Younger Students, With Precautions
The National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine emphasized precautions such as surgical masks for teachers and cloth facing covers for children. News also focuses on states' plans and reaction from teachers, parents and college students.
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As Virus Cases Soar, Hospitals Worry About Too Few Beds
Some patients have been stranded in emergency rooms while others have to be transferred between hospitals as doctors frantically search for open beds. Meanwhile, a new report finds that before this latest surge, many hospitals were able to restore their operations to nearly pre-COVID levels.
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Fixing COVID Testing System Could Cost $75M
A Rockefeller Foundation report suggests “America faces an impending disaster” if the testing system for the virus is not solved. Evidence of its failure abounds.
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Studies Debunk Idea That Blood Type Influences Recovery
Initially, medical experts thought Type A blood was a risk factor while Type O was less so. Other public health news on COVID-19 is on a public disconnect, children's health, employees, vacations, mental health, induced comas, staying safe and partying, as well.
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Latest Trial Indicates Anti-Malarial Drug Does Not Reduce COVID Mortality
The latest pharma research updates: Another hydroxychloroquine evaluation; AbbiVie extends its monopoly on pricey cancer drug; and research on radiation and COVID.
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Critics Say New COVID Reporting System Could Overwhelm Hospitals, Lead To Drug Shortages
The Trump administration announced this week that hospitals should now report data about coronavirus patients, supplies and bed capacity directly to the Department of Health and Human Services, rather than the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In other health industry news, Georgia revised its request for changes to the insurance marketplace, and doctors and employers team up to offer a new health care payment model.
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A COVID Vaccine Progress Report
As researchers move quickly to develop a vaccine, other researchers raise questions about its delivery method and its safe use with pregnant women.
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Chinese Drug Firm Began Human Trials Of COVID Vaccine Before Approval
The government-owned drug maker tested its vaccine candidate on human volunteers, including some of its employees, in March. Official approval was given in April. The rush underscores the enormous stakes as China competes with U.S. and British companies for a successful vaccine. The company also announced it has begun Phase III trials on a vaccine.
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