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U.S. ‘Not Nearly As Prepared As We Need To Be’ For Big Pandemic, Experts Say As Coronavirus Looms On Horizon

January 23, 2020 Morning Briefing

The country has made big leaps in preparedness since the anthrax scare of 2001, but the United States still has a ways to go. Meanwhile, health officials scramble to contain the coronavirus after diagnosing the first U.S. patient with the illness. And a top NIH official says human trials for a vaccine could begin within three months.

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WHO To Reevaluate Global Emergency Designation As Coronavirus Spreads At Rate Of 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic

January 30, 2020 Morning Briefing

The World Health Organization’s Emergency Committee will meet on Thursday as China continues to battle the spreading virus. Right now, the pace looks alarming, but experts continue to caution that it’s too early to be doing math on the cases. In the beginning of an outbreak research tends to be skewed by the sickest patients. Still, some others are concerned with the apparent ease of human-to-human transmission.

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Virus Detectives Posit That Early Washington Cases Weren’t Cause Of West Coast’s Later Outbreak

May 28, 2020 Morning Briefing

As scientists dig further into the mutations of the virus in those early days of the outbreak, they are having to quickly revise theories as they go. The latest development is that the early cases in the country weren’t part of the contact chain that led to the outbreak on the West Coast because the mutations are different. In other scientific news: novel coronavirus unlikely to go away; a look at where herd immunity stands; the risk of contacting it from surfaces; the virus’ origin; and more.

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Powerful Propaganda Machine Intended To Sow Division Likely Responsible For Half Of Virus Tweets

May 21, 2020 Morning Briefing

Scientists can’t confirm if Russia or China are responsible for the bots on Twitter, but they say the strategy follows closely to the countries’ known playbooks on sowing division in America. Researchers identified more than 100 false narratives about COVID-19 that are proliferating on Twitter by accounts controlled by bots. In other public health news, car fatalities, “artifacts” of the coronavirus era, PTSD in health workers, air travel and more.

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Pandemic Is ‘A Dream Come True’ For Conspiracy Theorists, Far-Right Extremists Looking To Recruit

May 13, 2020 Morning Briefing

Civil rights advocates have been warning for months that the coronavirus crisis could aid recruiting for the most extreme white-supremacist and neo-Nazi groups — those actively rooting for society’s collapse. “Honestly, it’s a dream come true for any and every hate group, snake oil salesman and everything in between,” Tijana Cvjetićanin, a fact-checker, tells Politico.

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Old Vaccines Being Dusted Off To Potentially Provide Stopgap During Months-Long Development Of A New One

April 14, 2020 Morning Briefing

There is some history that shows that other vaccines can boost the immune system’s response, providing some cross-protection from other viruses. But there is no evidence that the technique will work enough with coronavirus. But development of a new vaccine is supposed to take at least a year, and some think using older vaccines might help bridge that gap.

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Coronavirus In U.S.: Self-Quarantines, The First Case, More Evacuations, Race To Develop A Treatment, Emergency Funds And More

February 5, 2020 Morning Briefing

“I am going stir crazy,” said Claire Campbell, who has self-quarantined herself after returning from China. Stories on the coronavirus in the United States look at the Americans who have been affected by the outbreak, the government’s response, technology being used to identify patients, and more.

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A Front-Runner Jumps Out Ahead In Race For A Vaccine–And It’s Not Moderna

April 28, 2020 Morning Briefing

An Oxford University laboratory had a head start with a vaccine for a different strain of the coronavirus. Where other trials have to start small, the Oxford vaccine has already been found to be harmless in humans. The Oxford scientists now say that with an emergency approval from regulators, the first few million doses of their vaccine could be available by September — if it proves effective.

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‘We Had No Idea What Was Going To Hit Us’: Community Physicians From Queens Face Unique Challenges In Virus War

April 17, 2020 Morning Briefing

The coronavirus has exacted a severe toll on the patchwork of community clinics and storefront doctors in New York City’s central Queens neighborhoods. In other news on health-care providers: a respiratory therapist talks about working “code to code;” workers staying at hotels; recovered doctors go back to the front lines; and more.

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Canadian Prime Minister’s Wife Just Latest High-Profile Person To Test Positive For Virus Driving Home Outbreak’s Wide-Spread Threat

March 13, 2020 Morning Briefing

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will isolate himself for 14 days after his wife tested positive for the virus. Other high-profile people and politicians, including President Donald Trump, have been either exposed or infected with the coronavirus.

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Pandemic Shines Harsh Light On Racial Disparities, As Well As Cultural And Class Divides In America

April 13, 2020 Morning Briefing

Black Americans are disproportionately affected by the coronavirus because of societal and economic factors that are rooted in deep disparities that existed long before the pandemic. The outbreak is largely falling on an urban-rural divide, which exacerbates a growing chasm between the two demographics that can be seen reflected in everything from political beliefs to the reaction to the crisis.

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Coronavirus Cases See Biggest Jump Since Statistics Began; A Look Inside A Locked-Down Country

February 5, 2020 Morning Briefing

There are now at least 24,324 cases with more than 3,000 patients in critical condition. Experts were alarmed by the sharp one-day increase. Meanwhile, media outlets get a glimpse of what quarantined China is like.

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CMS Draft Guidelines For Reopening Nursing Homes Allowing Visitors Threaten Residents’ Health, Advocates Warn

May 11, 2020 Morning Briefing

A large share of coronavirus deaths have been in nursing homes. “There’s a risk and a liability when we reopen, no matter how we craft it,” said Kathryn Hyer, a professor at the University of South Florida. “It’s going to be very difficult.” Nursing home news is reported from New York, Maryland, Georgia, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey, as well.

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‘There’s No Sign That It’s Getting Better’: China Reels As Rest Of World Watches Its Coronavirus Response

February 4, 2020 Morning Briefing

Chinese leader Xi Jinping said that the coronavirus is a major test of the country’s government and infrastructure. Chinese health officials are under immense pressure as the international community watches closely on how they handle the outbreak. Meanwhile, Hong Kong reports its first death from the virus, and nearby countries scramble to contain it.

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McConnell Unveils $1T Stimulus Plan: $1,200 Checks For Some Americans, Loans For Airlines, $300B Pot For Small Businesses

March 19, 2020 Morning Briefing

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) released his proposed $1 trillion package, but some financial experts think it’s still not enough to counter the financial devastation of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, lobbyists and hospitals scramble to get a piece of the action.

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Joking Or Not, Trump’s ‘Slow The Testing Down’ Statement Stands Out From Tulsa Rally

June 22, 2020 Morning Briefing

Echoing previous statements on U.S. testing efforts, President Donald Trump told an audience in Tulsa, Oklahoma Saturday night, “When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases. So I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down, please.’” As critics of the administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic jumped on the president’s words, White House advisers insisted Trump was joking during a light moment of the campaign rally.

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Indian Health Service Deficiencies Makes It Difficult To Track And Treat Outbreak Among Tribes

March 30, 2020 Morning Briefing

Those IHS gaps put the health of Native Americans at risk and may hinder national efforts to fully eradicate the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Times reports on how the lack of electricity and running water for many on the largest reservation leads to fear and confusion for those Navajo Nation residents.

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GOP State Officials In Uncomfortable Position Of Implementing Mail-In Voting Amid Fraud Rhetoric

May 15, 2020 Morning Briefing

Republican state officials are taking a hard look at their own rhetoric around voter fraud in the midst of the pandemic. “It’s partly on me because I talked about it in my campaign,” said Kentucky Secretary of State Michael Adams. “But it’s my job now to calm people’s fears.” In other election news: the national conventions, an ad battle over relationships with China and in-person fundraisers in the coronavirus era.

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Hospitals Hit With One-Two Financial Punch Of High COVID-19 Costs And Canceled Procedures

April 24, 2020 Morning Briefing

“I think it’s fair to say that hospitals are facing perhaps the greatest challenge that they have ever faced in their history,” says Rick Pollack, president and CEO of the American Hospital Association. Federal aid is being distributed to help needy health system, but some wonder if it will be enough. Meanwhile, some hospitals start inching toward resuming non-coronavirus procedures.

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Dems Ramp Up Mail-In-Voting Efforts After Wisconsin Primary Offered A Grim Preview Of What November Could Hold

April 13, 2020 Morning Briefing

Experts expect another surge of coronavirus cases in the fall, and Democrats worry that Wisconsin’s primary, where voters were forced to choose their safety or their civic duty, will play out at the national level during the general election voting. Meanwhile, there are some Republicans pushing for voting-by-mail despite President Donald Trump’s opposition to the practice.

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