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Trump Absent From Coronavirus Fight At Emergency’s Worst Moment Yet

November 13, 2020 Morning Briefing

Since the election results he disputes, President Donald Trump has remained silent about the alarming virus surge and taken no new actions to combat it.

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Revised AstraZeneca Vaccine Data Still Shows Shot Is Very Effective

March 25, 2021 Morning Briefing

Following questions raised by U.S. safety board officials, AstraZeneca updated its clinical trial analysis — finding its coronavirus vaccine to be 76% effective, rather than the 79% reported Monday. The report maintains that it is 100% effective at protecting against severe covid.

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Contratar a un “ejército” diverso para rastrear COVID-19 durante la reapertura

By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez and Anna Almendrala June 2, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Los expertos estiman que los departamentos de salud locales y estatales tendrán que agregar entre 100.000 y 300.000 personas para que la economía vuelva a funcionar.

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Por qué los recortes en salud perjudican siempre a los californianos más vulnerables

By Samantha Young June 1, 2020 KFF Health News Original

En California, donde casi 2,9 millones de personas han solicitado el desempleo en los últimos dos meses, Newsom describió los recortes propuestos como “prudentes” y “estratégicos”.

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US Suffers Deadliest Week Since April, And Thanksgiving Spike ‘Isn’t Even Here Yet’

December 8, 2020 Morning Briefing

As the coronavirus death toll continues to accelerate in the U.S., Dr. Anthony Fauci and WHO health officials deliver stark holiday warnings.

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How COVID Colors The Salon Experience

By Markian Hawryluk May 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

As Colorado gradually reopens, a beauty salon in Loveland is swamped as its clients clamor for haircuts, trims and color. But business isn’t exactly back to normal as new precautions slow every step.

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COVID Survivors’ Blood Plasma Is A Sought-After New Commodity

By JoNel Aleccia May 11, 2020 KFF Health News Original

A possibility that the blood of people who had COVID could save others has set off a mad scramble for donors — with top-dollar offers and a plan that relies on the blood of 10,000 Orthodox Jewish women.

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Remdesivir Becomes First Drug Approved By FDA To Treat Coronavirus

October 23, 2020 Morning Briefing

Gilead’s antiviral drug has been given to some people with COVID-19, including President Donald Trump, under emergency use authorization until now. It has been shown to help shorten recovery times of some hospitalized patients.

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Trump Ends Coronavirus Relief Talks — Then Tweets Otherwise

October 7, 2020 Morning Briefing

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin spoke by phone Tuesday afternoon just after the president called off negotiations. Mnuchin, according to Pelosi’s office, confirmed that talks were off. But hours later on Twitter, the president demanded that aid be passed.

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Study: Coronavirus Lives On Your Skin For 9 Hours

October 6, 2020 Morning Briefing

Comparatively, influenza A survives on human skin for less than two hours. In other COVID-19 research, a study has shown that nearly a third of hospitalized patients experienced some type of altered mental function.

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CDC Confirms Coronavirus Spreads Through Airborne Transmission

October 6, 2020 Morning Briefing

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that the virus may be transmitted between people who are more than 6 feet apart. Yet Monday’s guidance was more cautious than previous guidance that the CDC released last month, before pulling it down shortly thereafter.

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California Running Out Of Hospital Beds As Pandemic Spirals Out Of Control

December 18, 2020 Morning Briefing

California is, once again, the nation’s hottest spot of the coronavirus outbreak, forcing officials to activate the state’s “mass fatality” protocol. Deaths are being counted by the hour.

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Vaccine Distribution Efforts Kick Up A Gear, But Some States Falter

March 11, 2021 Morning Briefing

More than 600 CVS in-store pharmacies across 17 states now have coronavirus vaccines, including rooms to deliver doses. Elsewhere, Native American vaccine efforts are succeeding better than many others, and Alabama and California struggle with vaccination equality and contracts.

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FDA Prepares To Escalate Covid Strategies To Counter Variants

February 5, 2021 Morning Briefing

More booster shots of vaccine as well as additional testing and treatment drug capacity will be needed if the spread of new coronavirus strains picks up, as experts worry will happen. The FDA will release new guidance in the coming weeks to respond.

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Trump Blocks $200M In Medicaid Funds For California

December 17, 2020 Morning Briefing

In other administration news, Vice President Mike Pence will receive the COVID vaccine Friday and Interior Department Secretary David Bernhardt tested positive for the coronavirus.

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New York Confirms Its First Case Of Virus Variant; UK Locks Down

January 5, 2021 Morning Briefing

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says that his state is now the fourth in the U.S. to identify an infection by the more contagious coronavirus strain that is forcing the United Kingdom to shut down again.

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COVID Pandemic Is Now Truly Global

December 23, 2020 Morning Briefing

The coronavirus has reached Antarctica. Other news on the virus from Peru, Taiwan–which just had its first locally transmitted case of COVID–and Mexico.

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Studies Reveal More About Covid

January 4, 2021 Morning Briefing

Two studies show antibodies last eight months. Another study found that 17.4% of air samples from hospital environments near covid patients contained the coronavirus.

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Morning Briefing for Tuesday, December 22, 2020

December 22, 2020 Morning Briefing

Tuesday’s roundup covers the coronavirus mutation, first Moderna vaccines given, stimulus bill passes, health worker shortages, U.S. life expectancy and more.

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Médicos temen por sus familias, mientras luchan contra COVID-19 con poca armadura

By Laura Ungar March 27, 2020 KFF Health News Original

Miles de médicos de todo el país escribieron una apasionada carta al Congreso pidiendo que se libere el equipo de protección personal de la Reserva Nacional Estratégica, para aquellos en la primera línea de batalla.

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