Category: Public Health

85 infants test positive for COVID-19 in Texas county

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US governors urge White House to delay changes to hospital reporting requirements

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10 states with largest spikes in daily coronavirus deaths since June 1

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Oxford English Dictionary now defines ‘contact tracer,’ ‘corona’

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Social distancing may reduce polio-like illness in kids this year, experts say

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Must-Reads of the Week

KHN’s Midwest correspondent Lauren Weber drills through the vital health care policy stories of the week, so you don’t have to.

Texas, Arizona counties ask for refrigerated trucks as coronavirus deaths rise

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Trump Administration’s Sudden Shift on COVID Data Leaves States in the Lurch

Missouri Hospital Association says the switch of data collection from the CDC to a new HHS contractor is “a major disruption.” In Kansas, the move likely will delay hospitalization data.

3 states see record death counts; Georgia governor sues to stop mask mandate — 5 COVID-19 updates

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Montana Rodeo Goes On, Bucking Fears on Fort Peck Reservation

Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes initially opposed the Wolf Point Wild Horse Stampede this year, worrying about hundreds of people coming to their reservation for the rodeo amid coronavirus concerns. But the annual event was on private land and went ahead, highlighting the reopening tensions between resuming normal economic activities and protecting the vulnerable.