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Migrant Moms Await Due Dates And Court Dates

By Heidi de Marco July 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

A growing number of pregnant women are among the migrants seeking asylum in the United States. Many must wait in Mexico until their cases are heard, spending weeks or months in migrant shelters with limited access to health care.

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Trump Orders Meat Plants To Stay Open Even As They Emerge As Virus Hot Spots

April 29, 2020 Morning Briefing

Workers in the plants have been getting sick because of their forced proximity with each other, causing slaughterhouses to shutter across the country. A fear of food shortages prompted President Donald Trump to deem the plants “critical infrastructure,” which gives the owners liability coverage if workers get sick on the job.

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Current, Former Officials Decry Trump’s No-Bad-News Atmosphere They Say Led To Bungled Response To Outbreak

March 9, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump and his top health officials are facing increasing scrutiny over mixed messages and missteps in the early days of the outbreak that were often the result of Trump wanting to paint a rosier picture than experts were reporting.

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Trump Has Track Record Of Suggesting Unproven Cures, But His Disinfectant Comments Pushed Experts Too Far

April 27, 2020 Morning Briefing

Public health experts and other leaders joined in a large, vocal outcry following President Donald Trump’s musings that injecting disinfectants might be a possible treatment for coronavirus, despite the fact that the idea is extremely dangerous. Poison control centers in a number of states have reported a rise in calls about exposure to household cleaners in the 18 hours directly following Trump’s comments.

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Trump Takes Victory Lap On Testing Despite The Fact That America Still Lags Behind Many Countries

May 12, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump said the country has prevailed on testing, saying that anyone who needs a test can get a test. But the capacity still isn’t there to test most Americans. Trump deflected the question when asked why Americans should feel secure going back to work if they can’t get tested frequently like White House staffers will be.

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Governors Blast Trump’s Claims That States Have Sufficient Testing Supplies As ‘Delusional,’ ‘Irresponsible’

April 20, 2020 Morning Briefing

Governors across the country pushed back against President Donald Trump’s claims that the country had the capacity to complete more testing but that the states weren’t utilizing their resources properly. “We are fighting a biological war,” Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam said. “We have been asked as governors to fight that war without the supplies we need.”

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FDA Has Somewhat Reined In At-Home-Testing Market, But Doubts About Accuracy Still Linger

June 2, 2020 Morning Briefing

The FDA authorized the emergency use of six coronavirus at-home collection kits, which could help the country reopen and allow employees to more safely return to work. But after a rocky start, can they really be trusted to give accurate results consistently enough to be effective? Meanwhile, a look at how President Donald Trump’s plan for drive-in testing sites has largely failed.

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Trump To Halt To All Immigration During Outbreak, But Order’s Political Implications Far Outweigh Practical Ones

April 21, 2020 Morning Briefing

Administration officials said the order wouldn’t make substantial changes to current U.S. policy–even without an executive order, the administration has already all but ceased nearly every form of immigration. But some of President Donald Trump’s vocal supporters want assurances when it comes to job scarcity.

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Trump To Block New Green Cards Instead Of Instituting Full Immigration Ban After Business Groups Protest

April 22, 2020 Morning Briefing

Lawyers at the Justice Department are still studying whether the president has the legal authority to unilaterally suspend the issuance of green cards. President Donald Trump’s announcement earlier in the week that he was going to suspend all immigration visas drew vocal criticism from business groups whose members rely on guest workers.

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Trump ‘Unleashes Full Power Of Government’ By Declaring Coronavirus Outbreak A National Emergency. What Does That Actually Entail?

March 16, 2020 Morning Briefing

By declaring the outbreak a national emergency, President Donald Trump frees up billions of dollars of aid through FEMA funds. HHS will also be allowed to modify or waive regulations for Medicare, Medicaid and other programs.

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Even As Political Fight Over Masks Continues To Roil U.S., Scientists Coalescing Behind Effectiveness

June 22, 2020 Morning Briefing

“If there is a policy around using face masks in place, it does actually come with a fairly large effect,” says Holger Schünemann, an epidemiologist at McMaster University. The political fight over mask-wearing was on display at President Donald Trump’s rally in Tulsa, where there were few face coverings to be seen in the audience. Meanwhile, California pass a mandate that residents wear masks in public spaces. And airlines struggle with mask enforcement.

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CDC Releases Guidance Encouraging Voters To Seek Alternatives To Casting In-Person Ballot During Pandemic

July 8, 2020 Morning Briefing

The guidance was quietly issued on June 22, The Washington Post reports. One such alternative — expanding the use of mail-in ballots — has become a politically divisive issue with President Donald Trump adamantly against such efforts, despite the health risks of in-person voting. In other elections news: experts worry about November; candidates must shake up campaigning; and Massachusetts allows all residents to vote by mail.

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Another Study Finds No Benefit From Malaria Drug That Was So Often Touted As ‘Game Changer’

May 8, 2020 Morning Briefing

For a while, President Donald Trump and others talked about hydroxychloroquine like it was going to be a magic cure. But more extensive testing has dashed hopes that it can help in the fight against the coronavirus. Meanwhile, states now have to decide what to do with all the pills they ordered.

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Trump Tours Mask Factory Without A Mask During First Big Trip In Months

May 6, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump and other officials toured a Honeywell plant in Phoenix, Arizona with goggles as their only protective equipment. Mask-wearing has become a hot button political topic as some White House officials continue to buck the Trump administration’s own guidelines to wear them. Meanwhile, ICE teams up with Amazon and others to curb the flood of counterfeit masks.

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Summer Setbacks: The Long Road To Lower Drug Prices Hits Some Potholes

By Emmarie Huetteman July 24, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Efforts to control drug prices seemed on a glide path earlier this year after gaining traction at the White House and in Congress. But prospects today look less certain and highly controversial.

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Controversy Swirling Around His Brother’s Health Care Dealings Could Be Pitfall For Joe Biden

March 9, 2020 Morning Briefing

Politico looks at allegations regarding James Biden’s dealings in the health landscape. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump’s campaign outlines its lines of attack against former Vice President Joe Biden.

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Restaurant Owners Offer Reality Check To Trump As President Touts Progress Made Toward Reopening

May 19, 2020 Morning Briefing

During a meeting with restaurant owners, President Donald Trump was in a notably good mood. “It almost feels like today is the first day,” Trump said at another point in the meeting. “Last week didn’t feel the same. Now it feels good. People are starting to go out. They’re opening. They get it.” But restaurant owners said they’re a long way away from normal operations.

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Trump’s ‘America First’ Attitude Toward Vaccine Could Be Devastating To Rest Of World, Experts Warn

May 15, 2020 Morning Briefing

Fears that the United States will trample other countries to secure a vaccine prompted more than 140 world leaders to sign an open letter to all governments demanding that COVID-19 vaccines be considered a “global good” to be shared equitably. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump said he would mobilize the military to help distribute a vaccine once it’s ready, with a focus on nursing homes and the elderly.

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En Tijuana, madres migrantes esperan dos fechas límite: el parto y la corte

By Heidi de Marco July 26, 2019 KFF Health News Original

Más mujeres embarazadas deben vivir meses en refugios en la frontera, esperando por sus audiencias de asilo en EE.UU. Reciben poco o ninguna atención prenatal.

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Even Before Pandemic, Mail-In-Voting Was On The Rise. A Look At How It Became Controversial Again.

June 4, 2020 Morning Briefing

About a quarter of all voters voted by mail in the 2018 midterms, more than double the rate of mail-voting from 20 years ago. And most voters feel positively about mail-in-voting. But some leading Republicans, including President Donald Trump, have railed against it recently, citing false claims about fraud.

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