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The New York Times 9:00 am on October 22, 2020
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Trump Promised Seniors Drug Discount Cards. They May Be Illegal.

A proposal announced by President Trump last month was to send older Americans $200 discount cards to offset prescription costs. It’s not going to happen before the election, and maybe not ever.

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The New York Times 10:39 pm on October 20, 2020
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How the F.D.A. Stood Up to the President

After months of caving to pressures from the White House, Commissioner Stephen Hahn and a band of agency scientists have eked out a few victories.

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The New York Times 8:35 pm on October 10, 2020
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Nevada Revokes Halt on Rapid Antigen Testing in Nursing Homes

The reversal came just hours after the federal government threatened the state, calling the prohibition on the tests “illegal.”

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The New York Times 12:00 am on October 10, 2020
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White House Blocked C.D.C. From Requiring Masks on Public Transportation

The order would have mandated that both passengers and employees wear face coverings on planes, trains, buses and subways and in airports, stations and depots.

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The New York Times 11:17 pm on October 8, 2020
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Trump’s Covid Treatments Were Tested in Cells Derived From Fetal Tissue

The “cell lines” used to develop monoclonal antibodies, as well as remdesivir and vaccines, began with fetal tissue decades ago.

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The New York Times 9:08 pm on October 6, 2020
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Whistle-Blowing Scientist Quits Government With Final Broadside

Dr. Rick Bright, who said he was demoted at the health department for blowing the whistle on a politicized coronavirus response, remains concerned about White House interference.

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The New York Times 1:00 am on September 29, 2020
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Behind the White House Effort to Pressure the C.D.C. on School Openings

Documents and interviews show how senior officials sought to play down the risks of sending children back to the classroom, alarming public health experts.

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The New York Times 12:08 am on September 22, 2020
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N.I.H. Official Departs After Anonymous Posts Attacking Public Health Leaders

A managing editor of the right-wing website RedState appeared to attack Dr. Anthony S. Fauci and spread misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic while working for Dr. Fauci’s agency.

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The New York Times 5:14 am on September 19, 2020
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C.D.C. Reverses Testing Guidelines for People Without Covid-19 Symptoms

The agency now says anyone exposed to an infected person for more than 15 minutes needs a test. An earlier guideline saying it might not be necessary had shocked public health experts.

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The New York Times 6:10 pm on September 18, 2020
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Emails Detail Effort to Silence C.D.C. and Question Its Science

Emails from a former top Trump health official and his science adviser show how the two refused to accept Centers for Disease Control and Prevention science and sought to silence the agency.

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The New York Times 2:37 am on September 18, 2020
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CDC Virus Testing Guidance Was Posted Against Scientists’ Objections

A controversial guideline saying people without Covid-19 symptoms didn’t need to get tested for the virus came from H.H.S. officials and skipped the C.D.C.’s scientific review process.

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The New York Times 2:51 am on September 17, 2020
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Trump Scorns His Own Scientists Over Virus Data

A public scolding of the C.D.C. chief was only the latest but perhaps the starkest instance when the president has rejected not just the policy advice of his public health officials but the facts and information that they provided.

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The New York Times 10:36 pm on September 16, 2020
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Health Official to Take Leave of Absence After He Attacked Federal Scientists

Michael R. Caputo, the assistant secretary of health for public affairs, and his science adviser will be leaving the Department of Health and Human Services after both criticized the C.D.C.

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The New York Times 12:44 am on September 16, 2020
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Trump Health Official Apologizes for Facebook Outburst

Michael R. Caputo, the head of communications at the Department of Health and Human Services, apologized to the health secretary and his staff and is considering a medical leave.

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The New York Times 9:00 am on September 15, 2020
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Trump’s Perverse Campaign Strategy

If the president’s allies are talking about the moment “shooting will begin” and “martial law,” it’s not by accident.

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The New York Times 11:23 pm on September 14, 2020
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Trump Health Aide Pushes Bizarre Conspiracies and Warns of Armed Revolt

Michael R. Caputo told a Facebook audience without evidence that left-wing hit squads were being trained for insurrection and accused C.D.C. scientists of “sedition.”

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The New York Times 4:49 pm on September 14, 2020
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Top Trump Health Aide Attacks Scientists and Warns of Armed Revolt

Michael Caputo, the assistant secretary of health for public affairs, told a Facebook audience without evidence that left-wing hit squads were being trained for insurrection, and he accused C.D.C. scientists of “sedition.”

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The New York Times 12:33 am on September 14, 2020
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Trump Issues Expansive Order Aimed at Lowering Drug Prices

The order expands on a presidential promise by trying to reduce the prices Medicare pays for prescription drugs, but experts said it was unclear whether the White House could carry out the directive.

#drugs-pharmaceuticals, #executive-orders-and-memorandums, #health-and-human-services-department, #health-insurance-and-managed-care, #medicare, #prices-fares-fees-and-rates, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 4:09 pm on September 12, 2020
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Trump Pressed for a Plasma Treatment. Officials Worry, Is a Vaccine Next?

New details of how the president has demanded faster action from health agencies help explain the intensifying concern that he could demand pre-Election Day approval of a vaccine.

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The New York Times 11:51 pm on September 10, 2020
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Investigation of Medicare Chief Exposes Underside of Washington

A yearlong investigation into Seema Verma, the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, showed the cozy relations that fuel the nation’s capital at taxpayer expense.

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The New York Times 12:00 pm on September 6, 2020
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Daily Coronavirus Testing at Home? Many Experts Are Skeptical

The buzzy idea is impractical, critics said. And there isn’t yet real-world data to show it will work.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #harvard-university, #health-and-human-services-department, #laboratories-and-scientific-equipment, #shortages, #tests-medical, #united-states

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The New York Times 8:36 pm on September 2, 2020
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Backed by Federal Funds, New Virus Tests Are Hitting the Market

Six months into the pandemic and with no coherent national testing strategy, the Trump administration is encouraging private development of an array of faster and cheaper techniques.

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The New York Times 10:44 pm on August 28, 2020
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Emily Miller and Another P.R. Expert Ousted At F.D.A. After Blood Plasma Fiasco

The agency’s chief spokeswoman, Emily Miller, was removed from her position just 11 days into the job. And the contract was terminated of a consultant who had advised the F.D.A. chief to correct misleading claims about plasma’s benefits.

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The New York Times 1:24 am on August 27, 2020
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Top U.S. Officials Told C.D.C. to Soften Coronavirus Testing Guidelines

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention abruptly changed its recommendations, saying people without Covid-19 symptoms should not get tested.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on August 25, 2020
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Where We Stand on the Pandemic

As summer draws to a close, four new developments in the treatment and understanding of the coronavirus have arisen in the United States and abroad.

#antibodies, #china, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #food-and-drug-administration, #health-and-human-services-department, #russia, #united-states

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The New York Times 9:21 pm on August 23, 2020
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Billions in Hospital Virus Aid Rested on Compliance With Private Vendor

The Department of Health and Human Services told hospitals in April that reporting to the vendor, TeleTracking Technologies, was a “prerequisite to payment.”

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The New York Times 6:22 pm on August 20, 2020
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New Measures Aim to Boost Vaccine Rates for Flu and Children’s Shots

Pharmacists may now vaccinate young children under a new federal emergency rule aimed at helping families who missed well-child visits during the pandemic.

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The New York Times 12:35 am on August 19, 2020
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Trump Ethics Panel Urges Rejection of Fetal Tissue Research

A new advisory board, appointed by the Trump administration, recommended that the health secretary reject funding for virtually every fetal tissue research project it considered.

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The New York Times 12:45 am on August 18, 2020
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Judge Blocks Trump Officials’ Attempt to End Transgender Health Protections

The decision arrived a day before a Trump administration rule narrowing the legal definition of sex discrimination was set to take effect.

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The New York Times 10:00 am on August 17, 2020
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Inside Operation Warp Speed

The goal of the initiative is admirable: getting a coronavirus vaccine out to Americans and saving lives as soon as possible. It is not, however, without its problems.

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The New York Times 2:39 am on August 16, 2020
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TeleTracking Technologies, Firm Running Coronavirus Database, Refuses to Answer Senators’ Questions

A private technology company that gathers data for a coronavirus database said a nondisclosure agreement with the Trump administration blocks it from discussing its $10.2 million contract.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #electronic-health-records, #government-contracts-and-procurement, #health-and-human-services-department, #house-of-representatives, #nondisclosure-agreements, #senate, #teletracking-technologies-inc, #trump-donald-j, #united-states-politics-and-government

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 15, 2020
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‘We’re Clearly Not Doing Enough’: Drop in Testing Hampers Coronavirus Response

For the first time during the pandemic, the United States saw a downward trend in the number of coronavirus tests conducted each day.

#contact-tracing-public-health, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #giroir-brett-p, #health-and-human-services-department, #quarantines, #tests-medical

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The New York Times 12:25 am on August 13, 2020
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Health Experts Warn About Perils of New Virus Data Collection System

An administration shift is putting a burden on hospitals and undercutting the integrity of data on the pandemic, current and former members of a federal advisory panel said.

#american-hospital-assn, #azar-alex-m-ii, #centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #government-contracts-and-procurement, #health-and-human-services-department, #hospitals, #kadlec-robert-p, #osterholm-michael-t, #trump-donald-j

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The New York Times 9:00 am on August 10, 2020
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Stephen Hahn, F.D.A. Chief, Is Caught Between Scientists and the President

Many medical experts — including members of his own staff — worry about whether Dr. Hahn has the fortitude and political savvy to protect the scientific integrity of the F.D.A. from Mr. Trump.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #food-and-drug-administration, #hahn-stephen-m-1960, #health-and-human-services-department, #tests-medical, #united-states-politics-and-government, #vaccination-and-immunization

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The New York Times 11:00 am on August 9, 2020
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This Company Boasted to Trump About Its Covid-19 Vaccine. Experts Are Skeptical.

Inovio, a Pennsylvania biotech company, has spent years claiming to be on the cusp of important vaccines. It has never brought one to market.

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The New York Times 9:23 pm on August 5, 2020
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Major U.S. Health Insurers Report Big Profits, Benefiting From the Pandemic

Consumers are probably entitled to millions of dollars in rebates under Obamacare rules that cap companies’ profits.

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The New York Times 3:45 am on August 5, 2020
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As Trump Praises Plasma, Researchers Struggle to Finish Critical Studies

Thousands of Covid-19 patients have been treated with blood plasma outside of rigorous clinical trials — hampering research that would have shown whether the therapy worked.

#american-red-cross, #blood-donation, #brigham-and-womens-hospital, #clinical-trials, #columbia-university, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #epidemics, #food-and-drug-administration, #guerrero-elliott-bennett, #hahn-stephen-m-1960, #health-and-human-services-department, #hospitals, #johnson-dwayne-1972, #lipkin-w-ian, #mayo-clinic, #medicine-and-health, #research, #trump-donald-j, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 3:44 am on August 5, 2020
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U.S. Health Secretary to Visit Taiwan, in a Move Likely to Anger Beijing

The trip by Alex M. Azar II, a rare high-level U.S. visit, is being billed as an opportunity to highlight Taiwan’s success in battling the coronavirus pandemic.

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The New York Times 10:25 pm on August 4, 2020
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Does Blood Plasma Work for Covid-19 Patients? No One Knows.

Thousands of Covid-19 patients have been treated with blood plasma outside of rigorous clinical trials — hampering research that would have showed whether the therapy worked.

#american-red-cross, #blood-donation, #brigham-and-womens-hospital, #clinical-trials, #columbia-university, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #drugs-pharmaceuticals, #epidemics, #food-and-drug-administration, #guerrero-elliott-bennett, #hahn-stephen-m-1960, #health-and-human-services-department, #hospitals, #johnson-dwayne-1972, #lipkin-w-ian, #mayo-clinic, #medicine-and-health, #research, #trump-donald-j, #your-feed-science

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The New York Times 12:13 am on August 3, 2020
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Scientists Worry About Political Influence Over Coronavirus Vaccine Project

Operation Warp Speed has moved along at a rapid clip. But some people involved in the approval process fear pressure to deliver an October surprise for President Trump.

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The New York Times 9:05 pm on August 2, 2020
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Birx Says U.S. Coronavirus Epidemic Is in a New Phase

She and other top health officials in the Trump administration warn states of a deepening spread of the coronavirus, in both rural and urban areas.

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The New York Times 12:54 am on July 29, 2020
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Remdesivir Could Be in Short Supply. Here’s a Fix.

The federal government must work to ensure adequate supply of the coronavirus drug — and distribute it evenly and transparently.

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The New York Times 9:38 pm on July 24, 2020
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C.D.C. Calls On Schools to Reopen, Downplaying Coronavirus Risks

The agency’s statement followed earlier criticism from President Trump that its guidelines for reopening were too “tough.”

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