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There’s A Stockpile Of Nearly 1.5M Masks In A Government Warehouse, But They’re Expired

March 27, 2020 Morning Briefing

Government officials decided to offer the respirators to TSA, an agency whose workers have been hit hard by the outbreak. There are no plans to send them to hospitals who have been desperately asking for protective gear for their health care providers. Meanwhile, health care workers are resorting to making hand-sewn masks that do little to protect them from the coronavirus.

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For President Whose Re-Election Chances Are Tied To Economy, Outbreak Presents Trump Existential Political Threat

February 25, 2020 Morning Briefing

Global stocks plunged on Monday as investors finally began to adopt a more pessimistic view of the coronavirus outbreak’s impact on the world’s economy. For President Donald Trump, who has banked on strong growth to propel him into another four years in office, that could spell trouble ahead.

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Everyone’s Clamoring For Rapid Tests, But Indian Health Service, Rural Communities Get Bumped To Front Of Line

April 3, 2020 Morning Briefing

Right now, places that are served by IHS and other rural communities don’t have the labs set up to test with the traditional, slower nasal swabs. So they are the priority for access to the quick coronavirus tests. Meanwhile, mandates for states to report data doesn’t paint the full picture of the virus outbreak yet, rather it just reveals the holes where no data is available.

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Immigration Rights Groups Call On ICE To Release Detainees At High-Risk Of Infection

March 11, 2020 Morning Briefing

The groups are focusing on high-risk detainees at a facility in Tacoma, Washington which is close to epicenter of the U.S. outbreak. ICE says it has not had any confirmed cases of COVID-19 at the jail. Meanwhile, immigration courts have been ordered to take down coronavirus information from courtrooms and waiting areas.

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Reinstatement Of Captain Crozier? Navy Investigates His Firing, Possible Return To USS Theodore Roosevelt

April 16, 2020 Morning Briefing

Adm. Michael Gilday, chief of naval operations, is reviewing whether he can reinstate Captain Brett Crozier, who is in isolation on Guam with the coronavirus. Crozier was removed from command on April 2 for writing a letter asking for help for his crew that went viral. Either way, President Donald Trump could overrule the admiral’s decision. Other military news is on ways organizations are supporting troops, as well.

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Surveillance Tools Have Untold Potential To Help Locate Infectious Vectors, But They Could Erode Privacy Protections

March 18, 2020 Morning Briefing

In the midst of a crisis, when tensions are running high, tech and government officials are struggling to find a balance between deploying technology and keeping patients’ data safe. Meanwhile, will the internet be able to bear the extra strain of so many people working from home? And Facebook’s algorithm is flagging coronavirus posts even when they’re not spam.

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Trump Concedes There Will Possibly Be More Deaths, Suffering, But Continues To Push For Reopening

May 6, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump spoke with ABC World News Tonight about the real, negative human cost in prioritizing an economic revival over a more cautious approach. “Will some people be affected? Yes. Will some people be affected badly? Yes. But we have to get our country open and we have to get it open soon,” Trump said. Meanwhile, intelligence officials continue to push back against the idea that the coronavirus was released from a lab in China.

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Health Officials Try To Tamp Down Excitement Over Potential Treatments As Both Doctors And Public Hoard Malaria Drugs

March 25, 2020 Morning Briefing

President Donald Trump sparked a surge of interest in an old malaria treatment that might be showing promising results in treating COVID-19, causing a rush on the drug. But scientists and experts warn that any drug needs to be tested to prove its safety, and that process could take months. Meanwhile, Roche hopes its arthritis medication will show results in patients with coronavirus.

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‘Wrong, Inappropriate’: Experts Warn That Politicians Using Wuhan Virus As Label For Illness Is Dangerously Irresponsible

March 13, 2020 Morning Briefing

“Ultimately, diseases are about biology, not geography,” said Jeremy Konyndyk, who help lead the U.S. response to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Africa. Descriptions of coronavirus that are winning praise in some GOP circles are racist, potentially undermine efforts to prevent spread of the disease and and threaten to harm relationships with China, health advocates say.

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Series Of Glitches And Missed Opportunities Led To Disastrous Test Kit Shortage, Experts Say

March 9, 2020 Morning Briefing

The problems started in early February, at a CDC laboratory in Atlanta, and didn’t improve from there. The Trump administration is fielding increasingly strident criticism about the missteps that experts say exacerbated the outbreak in the U.S. Meanwhile, Stanford University creates a coronavirus test in which results only take 24 hours to process.

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The Questions Without Answers: How Long Will This Last?; What’s The Actual Death Rate?; Will Summer Weather Help Curb Spread?

March 16, 2020 Morning Briefing

Because we’ve never dealt with this particular coronavirus before, even public health experts are stumped on some of the big questions that the world is asking. In other news: the death rate may be lower than previously estimated; a generational divide is splintering the response to the virus; and a look at past pandemics may offer ideas on how to fight this one.

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China Extends ‘Wartime’ Campaign To Round Up Infected People Beyond Epicenter As COVID-19 Death Toll Rises

February 14, 2020 Morning Briefing

Meanwhile, Chinese officials report that at least 1,716 health care workers tested positive for the coronavirus so far, and that six of them have died. Political unrest continues to ripple through the top echelons of the Communist Party as frustration mounts against the government.

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Remdesivir Was Fated To Join Antiviral Drug Graveyard, But It’s Getting Another Shot At Success

May 4, 2020 Morning Briefing

The drug failed as a treatment for hepatitis and Ebola, but now it might be one of the most well-known drugs in the world. The New York Times takes a look at its startling rescue and transformation during the coronavirus outbreak and a Stat video explains how the medication works. In related news, the FDA allows emergency use of the drug and Gilead has donated more than 1.5 million vials of remdesivir to go to critically ill patients as soon as possible.

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Handful Of Senators Self-Isolate After Rand Paul Tests Positive For COVID-19

March 23, 2020 Morning Briefing

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is the first senator to test positive for the coronavirus, though he was showing no symptoms. Some colleagues, following medical advice, also removed themselves from the Capitol, which means, as of now, they can’t vote on the stimulus legislation. On the House side, Rep. Ben McAdams (D-Utah) was hospitalized with the disease.

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What’s To Become Of The 2020 Elections?

March 30, 2020 Morning Briefing

The coronavirus outbreak has upended the election season, and it’s hard to know how the following months will play out when it comes to politics and voting. Meanwhile, the outbreak has both deepened the partisan divide and created a shared experience for Americans to unify over. Meanwhile, 2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden criticizes President Donald Trump’s response to the crisis.

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California Projected A $6 Billion Budget Surplus In January. Now, Its Deficit Forecast Tops A Daunting $54 Billion.

May 8, 2020 Morning Briefing

With tax revenue drastically down and demand for social services soaring during the pandemic, California’s financial outlook has reversed and the state now faces a $54 billion budget deficit. California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) says the state’s reserve will only go so far and calls on the federal government to provide emergency funding. Other coronavirus-related news out of the state reports on hospitals’ financial crunch, ongoing equipment shortages and questions about the distribution of COVID-19 medicines.

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Viewpoints: Coronavirus Exposes Health System’s Vulnerabilities; Why Do We Waste Billions On Supplements We Know Don’t Work?

January 28, 2020 Morning Briefing

Opinion writers tackle these and other health issues.

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Even As Many Go Hungry, Farmers Dump Crops. Trump Administration Aims For Win-Win Fix With $19B Plan.

April 24, 2020 Morning Briefing

With the usual food distribution chain disrupted due to the coronavirus outbreak, farmers are plowing unused produce back into the field. Yet food banks struggle to feed millions of newly unemployed Americans. While a federal plan will throw $19 billion dollars at the problem, it must still overcome the transportation challenges that created it in the first place. Other food supply issues reports on the meat industry, food plant safety and alleged price gouging on eggs.

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‘Devastating’ Toll: Nursing Homes Turn To Federal Government For $10B In Relief Funds

May 7, 2020 Morning Briefing

The coronavirus death toll exceeds 11,000 in nursing homes, which say the requested money would be used for protective equipment, hazard pay and lost revenue. News on the industry also reports on liability protections, a behind-the-scenes look at how infection spread in Maryland facilities, a lawsuit in Arizona to reveal data, a Massachusetts law shielding facilities, one family’s struggle for information, higher wages promised in Illinois and Louisiana’s changing efforts to name facilities with outbreaks, as well.

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Consumers’ Fear Of Pandemic Could Thwart Some States’ Eager Rush To Reopen Economy

April 29, 2020 Morning Briefing

Just because stay-at-home orders are lifted doesn’t mean Americans will want to flood into movie theaters and bowling alleys, which could be fertile ground for the coronavirus. Meanwhile, the day-to-day choices of what is safe for Americans is made harder when states partially lift lock-downs. In other news on the shutdowns: quarantine fatigue, the future of handshakes and a potential second wave this fall. Media outlets also cover which states are lifting restrictions.

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