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Dr. Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardize testing of others --Reuters interview

Mon, 2020-08-24 19:38 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Fauci says rushing out a vaccine could jeopardize testing of others The top U.S. infectious diseases expert is warning that distributing a COVID-19 vaccine under special emergency use guidelines before it has been proved safe and effective in large trials is a bad idea that could have a chilling effect on the testing of other vaccines. Julie Steenhuysen U.S.

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Covid Hits Minorities Hardest, but Data Often Doesn't Show It

Mon, 2020-08-24 19:22 — mike kraft

Covid Hits Minorities Hardest, but Data Often Doesn't Show It Many states are not collecting the race or ethnicity of coronavirus patients, which can make it harder to know the true impact on low-income communities. Tom Simonite Wired

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Covid-19 deaths have dropped below 1,000 a day as summer surge tails off

Mon, 2020-08-24 17:33 — mike kraft

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/24/health/us-coronavirus-monday/index.html

CNN)Declines in the average number of daily Covid-19 deaths and in new cases indicate that the virus' summer surge through the US is waning.

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Trump Reportedly Considers Fast-Tracking Unproven British Vaccine Before Election

Mon, 2020-08-24 17:17 — mike kraft

Trump Reportedly Considers Fast-Tracking Unproven British Vaccine Before Election The president is desperate for a coronavirus win as his mishandling of the pandemic drags down his reelection chances. YahooNews

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Billions in Hospital Virus Aid Rested on Compliance With Private Vendor --NY Times

Mon, 2020-08-24 10:13 — mike kraft

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration tied billions of dollars in badly needed coronavirus medical funding this spring to hospitals’ cooperation with a private vendor collecting data for a new Covid-19 database that bypassed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The highly unusual demand, aimed at hospitals in coronavirus hot spots using funds passed by Congress with no preconditions, alarmed some hospital administrators and even some federal health officials.

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WHO says plasma therapy still ‘experimental’ --plus other developments

Mon, 2020-08-24 09:29 — mike kraft

The Latest: WHO says plasma therapy still 'experimental' GENEVA — The World Health Organization says using plasma from the recovered to treat COVID-19 is still considered an “experimental” therapy and that the preliminary results showing it may work are... AP NEWS

GENEVA — The World Health Organization says using plasma from the recovered to treat COVID-19 is still considered an “experimental” therapy and that the preliminary results showing it may work are still “inconclusive.”

President Donald Trump on Sunday approved an emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients.

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Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19

Sun, 2020-08-23 17:56 — mike kraft

Trump announces plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19 WASHINGTON (AP) — After expressing frustration at the slow pace of approval for coronavirus treatments, President Donald Trump announced Sunday the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma... AP NEWS

WASHINGTON (AP) — After expressing frustration at the slow pace of approval for coronavirus treatments, President Donald Trump announced Sunday the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients.

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Meadows: Trump coronavirus therapeutic announcement intended to put the 'heat' on bureaucrats

Sun, 2020-08-23 12:21 — mike kraft

Meadows: Trump coronavirus therapeutic announcement intended to put White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said Sunday that President Trump’s planned announcement regarding a "breakthrough" coronavirus therapeutic Sunday evening is intended to put the “heat” on Justine Coleman TheHill

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Top FDA official says would resign if agency rubber-stamps an unproven COVID-19 vaccine--Reuters

Fri, 2020-08-21 13:43 — mike kraft

Exclusive: Top FDA official says would resign if agency rubber-stamps an unproven COVID-19 vaccine A top U.S. health regulator who will help decide the fate of a coronavirus vaccine has vowed to resign if the Trump administration approves a vaccine before it is shown to be safe and effective, Reuters has learned. Dan Levine U.S.

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Trump administration bars FDA from regulating some laboratory tests, including for coronavirus

Fri, 2020-08-21 09:12 — mike kraft

Trump administration bars FDA from regulating some laboratory tests, including for coronavirus The decision sparked concerns by some public health experts that the market could be flooded with substandard tests. But defenders of the move said it could speed up testing. Laurie McGinley, Yasmeen Abutaleb Washington Post

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