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The measure, which took weeks of negotiations by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to gain Republicans' support, would have provided about $300 million in new funding, a dramatic step back from the $1 trillion Republicans had suggested earlier and well below the $3 trillion that Democrats originally sought.
Given the high number of cases in the country, Dr. Anthony Fauci told a Harvard audience, this fall and winter are "not going to be easy."
The Labor Department cited Smithfield Foods for failing to provide a safe workplace at its Sioux Falls, South Dakota, plant and wants the company to pay a $13,494 fine. Smithfield says it will contest, while worker groups say the penalty is not sufficient.
In a contentious press conference, President Donald Trump faced questions over recorded statements he made in the early months of the pandemic in which it is clear he knew far more about the severity of the coronavirus than he was telling the American public. Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden calls those actions "almost criminal."
As some residents in Western states evacuate their homes due to the raging wildfires, poor air quality has choked most of the region.
The Treasury Department began holding back part of the money for the FDNY World Trade Center Health Program about four years ago, the New York Daily News reports. Other outlets also report on issues surrounding the first responders from 19 years ago who are now ill.
The tragedy and precautions brought on by the coronavirus altered the ways the 19th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks will be marked.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic issues and others.
Editorial pages focus on Bob Woodward's new book "Rage'' in which he reveals President Donald Trump lied by not wanting to create a panic.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
California news is also on funding programs for homelessness and Halloween celebrations. News is from New York, Massachusetts, Maine, Indiana, Georgia and Texas, as well.
At NorthShore University HealthSystem in Evanston, Ill., being nimble was key to making the transition work, said Dr. Karen Kaul, chairwoman of the department of pathology and laboratory medicine.
Examples of a proposed change to curricula include the relationship between air quality and respiratory illness, and the mental health effects of losing your home during a hurricane.
Black women are dying in childbirth 2½ times more often than white women, according to federal statistics, and USA Today looks at the experiences of some African American women who felt they were not adequately treated. In other public health news, a doula who helps women in substance abuse recovery and some exercise advice.
But a high level of optimism was also found, Fox News reports. Public health news is on parental stress, workplace privacy, air travel safety, the duration of pandemics, police training and George Floyd's medical records, as well.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, said schools need guidelines such as mandatory face coverings and strict social distancing rules to reopen safely, the AP reports.
CDC director Robert Redfield called the decline a “notable public health achievement.” But he cautioned: “Youth e-cigarette use remains an epidemic.”
In a paper published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, researchers suggest that masks may be able to mitigate how severe an illness an individual gets if infected by coronavirus. Other researchers suggest that since masks hold off many pathogens, they may allow the immune system to work better if coronavirus attacks.
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