First Edition: Aug. 13, 2020
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Archives: Morning Breakouts
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Different Takes: Policing Behavior Puts Students In Unfair Spot; Play It Safe: Postpone College, High School Football
Editorial pages focus on these pandemic topics and others.
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Viewpoints: Lessons On Putin’s Claims To Have First Vaccine; Lockdown Stress Might Actually Weaken Immunity
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic topics and others.
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How The World Is Faring: Australia’s Deadliest Day; Face Masks Compulsory In Brussels
Global news reports are from Australia, Belgium, England, Israel, India and elsewhere.
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Perspectives: Foreign Price Controls; US Drug Pricing; Medicaid Best Price Rule
Read recent commentaries about drug-cost issues.
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Drug Industry Spurns Trump’s Order To ‘Buy American’
Read about the biggest pharmaceutical developments and pricing stories from the past week in KHN's Prescription Drug Watch roundup.
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Calif. Veterans’ Homes Had Surprising Success In Keeping Virus At Bay
CalVet officials characterize their efforts to keep residents safe as trench warfare, but the success suggests that such diligence may provide safety for other nursing homes that have been hit hard by the pandemic. In other news, efforts by some states to give employers a liability waiver raises concerns.
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Funding Shortfall, Football Games Head Florida Governor’s Priorities
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the state to receive federal assistance for COVID costs. DeSantis also stopped by Florida State's football practice to support the idea of playing this season.
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Racist Hate Speech: Facebook Bans Anti-Semitic, Blackface Images
The social media company has been under pressure to quash racism following George Floyd's death. Public health news is also on fear of missing out, fading unhealthy habits, Alzheimer's disease, insect repellents, green cleaners and more.
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Texas Governor Stresses Protective Measures As Cases Soar
In a visit to hard hit areas along the Texas coast, Gov. Greg Abbott stresses that state officials realize the dangers of the virus and cannot fully reopen the economy yet.
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High-Risk Students To Colleges: Why Aren’t All Classes Available Online?
Also in higher-ed news: college towns worry about the COVID risk that returning students bring to campus; UNC-Chapel Hill launches in-person classes; and campus workers across the UNC system file suit saying conditions are unsafe.
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Parents With Autistic Son Kicked Off Southwest Flight After He Won’t Wear Mask
In other public health developments: the World Health Organization wants you to postpone that trip to the dentist; contact tracers are doing way more than just contact tracing; the Big Ten officially says fall football won't happen; and more. Also: Singer Trini Lopez, 83, dies of COVID complications.
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Homeschooling Applications Surge In Several States
Parents, frustrated with school districts' waffling, are taking matters into their own hands. The challenges are worse for students with disabilities. Also: What do students think of all this?
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Study: Youths Are 5 Times More Likely To Catch COVID If They Vape, Smoke
Other pediatric topics in the news include COVID symptoms in kids, pregnancy and stress.
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Is A Frozen Shipment The Source Of New Zealand’s New Outbreak?
Because of the country's tight restrictions, local transmissions were ruled out as the cause of four new cases. Puzzled public health officials are now surface testing imported freight.
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6 Feet May Not Be Enough Distance To Stop The Coronavirus
A new study suggests that live virus from aerosols can be found as much as 16 feet from patients.
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Where ‘The Buck’ Will Stop On FDA’s Vaccine Review
Peter Marks, a top Food and Drug Administration career official, is likely to decide in the next several months whether a coronavirus vaccine is safe and effective enough to be given to tens of millions of Americans.
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CMS Tests Alternative Payment Model For Rural Medicare Providers
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will provide up to $2 million upfront to 15 rural communities to change how they deliver care to Medicare beneficiaries.
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New Law ‘Significantly’ Cuts Into Paid Sick Leave For Health Care Workers, Report Says
In other developments related to health care personnel: doctors who deal daily with racism; nurses and physicians pressured to work despite positive COVID-19 tests; practices rethink how they get paid; and more.
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White House Acknowledges Jobless Aid Will Be $100 Less A Week Than Pledged
Governors from both parties pushed back against President Donald Trump's executive order, saying stretched state budgets cannot absorb the share assigned to them. Meanwhile, hope for progress on a legislative package fades further and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says it's time to start over.
By khnlaureno