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 Watch 6:10 What to expect from Night 2 of the RNC President Trump and his supporters kicked off the Republican National Convention on Monday, with speakers characterizing a potential Joe Biden presidency as disastrous. Melania Trump will lead the lineup Tuesday night. Meanwhile, there is some controversy over Secretary of State… Continue watching
Aug 24 Scientists say Hong Kong man became infected with coronavirus a second time By Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer "That's a win as far as I'm concerned" because it suggests a first infection may protect a person from moderate to severe disease the second time around, a vaccine expert said. Continue reading
Aug 23 Trump authorizes emergency plasma treatment to treat COVID-19 By PBS NewsHour President Trump authorized emergency use of convalescent plasma to treat COVID-19 on Sunday. The treatment, which has been used on more than 64,000 patients already, infuses blood plasma from COVID-19 patients who have recovered and have antibodies with those who… Continue reading
Aug 23 Trump to announce plasma treatment authorized for COVID-19 By Jonathan Lemire, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press After expressing frustration at the slow pace of approval for coronavirus treatments, President Donald Trump was set to announce on Sunday the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19 patients. Continue reading
Aug 23 India's virus caseload tops 3 million as disease moves south By Associated Press India’s coronavirus caseload topped 3 million on Sunday, with the country leading the world in new infections as the disease marched through impoverished rural areas in the north and the wealthier but older populations of the south. Continue reading
Aug 22 AP FACT CHECK: What the Dems didn't say, and what Trump did By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Chris Rugaber, Associated Press Joe Biden and fellow Democrats spun an assortment of facts to their benefit in their national convention. Meanwhile President Donald Trump flooded the zone with falsehoods, some so apparent that anyone with access to the internet could see the folly… Continue reading
Aug 21 Watch 4:13 News Wrap: Firefighters still battling multiple blazes in California In our news wrap Friday, the plague of wildfires across California has now claimed six lives and forced evacuation orders for more than 100,000 people. Some 12,000 firefighters are battling the blazes, pleading with residents to get out of harm’s… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch 3:13 Remembering 5 more victims of the coronavirus pandemic As we are every Friday during this pandemic, we take a moment to honor individuals lost to the coronavirus. Here are stories of five more, including a 22-year-old musician and a 48-year-old Marine Corps reservist. Continue watching
Aug 21 Watch 5:44 A cultural exploration of face masks during disease outbreaks By Jeffrey Brown, Rhana Natour, Tommy Walters Face masks have become part of our daily lives in a way few would have anticipated only months ago. Yet the coronavirus pandemic is not the first American crisis in which face coverings have played a central role. The Smithsonian… Continue watching