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In other administration news: President Donald Trump taps appointees to the Census Bureau; CMS creates a new Health Informatics office; and a VA telemedicine office spent nearly $39 million during the pandemic.
The American Hospital Association argued that the administration did not have the legal authority to force facilities to reveal prices that were negotiated with insurers. The outcome of the negotiations have long been closely guarded by both sides, but the Trump administration sees transparency as a way to force down health care costs.
“You need these H-1B physicians who are willing to go to Alabama, Georgia, you know, parts of the beltway that just don’t have enough doctors,” said Mahsa Khanbabai, an attorney with the American Immigration Lawyers Association. The health care worker exemption in the order only applies to people who are caring for COVID patients or doing research on the coronavirus.
White House advisers say that President Donald Trump was joking when he told a Tulsa, Oklahoma, campaign rally: "I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down, please.’” The president insists he was serious though. “I don’t kid. Let me just tell you. Let me make it clear,” Trump told reporters Tuesday.
Arizona on Tuesday reported a record 3,600 new infections, but President Donald Trump's supporters still turned out to his latest campaign rally. Trump hit many of his talking points, including railing against mail-in voting and doubling-down on a racist term for COVID-19.
Four top federal health officials — Dr. Anthony Fauci, CDC Director Robert Redfield, FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn and assistant secretary for health at HHS Brett Giroir — were grilled by lawmakers Tuesday on the state of the federal response to the coronavirus crisis.
There have only been two days previously that the U.S. logged higher case counts than what was reported on Tuesday. Yet states continue to push forward with their plans to reopen.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Global pandemic developments are reported out of Brazil, Saudi Arabia, India, Spain, Sweden, Britain and other countries.
More coronavirus news from Kansas, Iowa, South Carolina, Texas, Rhode Island, Florida, Washington, D.C., and other areas across the U.S.
A federal judge in Oakland, California, points to a "significant failure of policy and planning” at San Quentin prison, while Arizona reports more than 1,100 cases of the virus among county jail inmates, state prisoners and federal immigration detainees.
Meanwhile, the state is coping with a surge in coronavirus cases as it struggles with social distancing and mask-wearing.
New York City restaurants in particular have been hard hit by the lack of workers and the residents who are moving out. News outlets also report on the impact of the pandemic on housing, the courts and commuting in New York.
As COVID-19 cases spike in states like Texas and Arizona, local leaders stress the importance of wearing masks in public. But those pleas have been met with mixed reactions. Other news on the mask habits of men, police officer and office workers is reported.
The big surges were centered around things like choir practices and weddings in the early days. But after the nation shut down, it was places like nursing homes and detention facilities where social distancing was near impossible that bore the brunt of the pandemic. Now as people flood back into bars, strip clubs and casinos, the patterns from March have returned. In other public health news: safely using a public bathroom, the challenge facing movie theaters, new rules for schools, and more.
The rule aims to remove "sex discrimination" protections for transgender people from laws that govern health care.
Some advocates suggest that the police department should reflect the racial makeup of the community it's supposed to be serving. But studies have shown that the race of a police officer doesn't fully negate the implicit bias toward Black people. In other news on racism and disparities: protests call for more action on police reform, doctors discuss bias in the medical field, Latinos demand an apology from the Florida governor, and more.
Contact tracing is viewed as crucial to safely reopening, but the apps that have been rolled out to aid those efforts aren't proving to be effective. Certainly none of them are ready for a major rollout, experts say. In other news on reopening: restaurant safety measures, work place changes, child care and playgrounds.
In other health news: cancer screenings; tick populations; anorexia; and more.
News on the development of coronavirus vaccine and treatment is reported.
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