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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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What We Know About Wuhan Coronavirus: For One Thing It Appears Far Less Dangerous Than SARS, MERS

January 22, 2020 Morning Briefing

Officials now say that there’s a possibility the coronavirus may have sustainable human-to-human transmission, much like the flu virus. But public health experts warn these are still early days in the outbreak. Beyond that, symptoms appear to be much more mild than with its virus cousins, SARS and MERS.

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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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Coronavirus Death Toll, Number Of Cases Climb As Chinese Officials Try To Contain Outbreak During Busy Travel Time

January 22, 2020 Morning Briefing

Nine people have died and the number of cases of the coronavirus has climbed well past 400. Chinese officials are scrambling to contain the spread of the illness as the Spring Festival — when hundreds of millions of people travel via planes, trains and buses to return to their hometowns to ring in the new lunar year — tests their logistical capabilities.

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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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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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13th Case Of Coronavirus In United States Confirmed; Experts Worry About Overreaction From Germ-Phobic Trump

February 11, 2020 Morning Briefing

The individual was taken to the University of California San Diego Medical Center for observation and isolation and is “doing well,” the hospital said in a statement. Meanwhile, nearly 200 evacuees are preparing to leave their two-week quarantine in California.

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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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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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‘Where Are We Supposed To Put These People?’: States Grapple With Trump’s Strict Travel Regulations, Quarantines

February 4, 2020 Morning Briefing

The restrictions ban non-U.S. citizens who recently visited China from entering the country and quarantine Americans who visited Hubei province within the past 14 days. But state officials are panicked about meeting those regulations. Meanwhile, a poll shows that two-thirds of Americans say they believe the coronavirus poses a “real threat” and has not been “blown out of proportion.” Media outlets cover stories about how the coronavirus is playing out in the states, as well.

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Viewpoints: It’s Finally Time To Learn Lesson Coronavirus Outbreaks Are Trying To Teach Us; By The Time The Pills Got There, It Was Too Late

February 19, 2020 Morning Briefing

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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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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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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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HHS Had Planned To End Support For Community-Based Testing Programs, But Reversed Course Amid Criticism

April 10, 2020 Morning Briefing

Under the community-based coronavirus testing site program, the federal government supplies expertise, testing materials, protective equipment and lab contracts to local authorities in 41 sites. The federal government had wanted states to take over the programs. More regional testing news is reported out of California, Georgia and Colorado, as well.

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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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Many Americans Recognizing Symptoms Of COVID In Mysteriously Bad Illnesses They Had In Fall

May 7, 2020 Morning Briefing

Americans share stories about bouts with flu that were worse than they’d ever experienced before. Now they’re wondering if it was really the novel coronavirus. In other public health news: the toll on people with disabilities, the gender gap in providing home-school lessons, churches plan to gather once more, providing alcohol for those quarantining and struggling with addictions and more.

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In Good Times Cost-Sharing Is Supposed To Encourage Smart Choices. During An Epidemic It Can Discourage Care.

March 9, 2020 Morning Briefing

When people have yet to meet their deductibles, the cost of getting tested during an epidemic could be discouraging. In other economic news linked to the coronavirus: how to keep calm when markets tumble; lost benefits for sick workers; the ripple effect of the outbreak; and more.

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Republican Strategists Worry GOP’s Stance Against Mail-In-Voting Gives Democrats A Head Start

April 28, 2020 Morning Briefing

After Wisconsin’s chaotic primary, Republicans see an appetite among Americans to avoid in-person voting. While the leaders of the party continue to fight against the mail-in-voting push, some in the GOP think it’s putting them behind as the country inevitably moves in that direction. Meanwhile, Democrats’ strategy heading toward November is going to focus on President Donald Trump’s coronavirus response.

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State Officials Mobilize To Get U.S. Hospitals, Local Providers Ready To Handle Any Coronavirus Cases

January 24, 2020 Morning Briefing

Although there are only two possible cases in the United States so far, the health system has jumped into preparation mode to handle a possible outbreak. Meanwhile, U.S. senators are set to hear from top federal health officials Friday regarding the virus.

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