Aug 28 Health agencies' credibility at risk after week of blunders By Matthew Perrone, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press First, the head of the Food and Drug Administration had to walk back exaggerated statements about the benefits of a new plasma therapy for coronavirus. Then the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention triggered a backlash from the medical community… Continue reading
Aug 28 4 at RNC in Charlotte test positive for virus By Associated Press Four people at the Republican National Convention in Charlotte have tested positive for the coronavirus, health officials in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County say. Continue reading
Aug 27 How pandemic anxiety is affecting pregnant women By Shefali Luthra, The 19th Pregnant people in the pandemic are even more vulnerable to depression and anxiety. It's a problem the U.S. is already struggling to address. Continue reading
Aug 27 WHO urges proactive COVID-19 testing, despite CDC's recent flip flop By Associated Press The World Health Organization says countries should actively test people to find coronavirus cases, even if they have mild or no symptoms. Continue reading
Aug 27 How nations are going back to school -- or not By Associated Press Governments around the world are taking different strategies toward the new school year, depending on how many infections they're seeing, the state of their health care systems and political considerations. Continue reading
Aug 26 Watch 5:58 Are U.S. medical experts being influenced by the Trump administration? By William Brangham Questions are again being raised about whether the Trump administration is injecting politics into science -- and the national pandemic response. Recent moves by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention appear to conflict… Continue watching
Aug 26 WATCH: Pelosi calls new CDC guidelines 'scary and dangerous' By Associated Press House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling the new guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on coronavirus testing "scary and dangerous."… Continue reading
Aug 26 Officials change COVID testing advice, bewildering experts By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press U.S. health officials have sparked a wave of confusion after posting guidelines that coronavirus testing is not necessary for people who have been in close contact with infected people. Continue reading
Aug 25 New COVID-19 mandates on health care facilities get pushback By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced it will require facilities to test staff regularly or face fines. It included a thinly veiled threat to cut off Medicare and Medicaid funds to facilities that fail to send in certain… Continue reading
Aug 25 New virus cases decline in the U.S. and experts credit masks By Carla K. Johnson, Adam Geller, Associated Press The number of Americans newly diagnosed with the coronavirus is falling — a development experts credit at least partly to increased wearing of masks — even as the outbreak continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in the U.S. each day. Continue reading