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Northern Michigan Implements New COVID-19 Measures As Cases Rise

7:47am October 31, 2020

by Taylor Wizner

While Michigan experiences another spike in COVID-19 cases, the northern part of the state is seeing high numbers of cases for the first time. Residents there are starting to adopt new protocols.

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Moncef Slaoui, a former GlaxoSmithKline executive, speaks during the kickoff announcement for Operation Warp Speed in the White House Rose Garden on May 15.

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After Months Of Questions, A Key Operation Warp Speed Adviser's Contract Emerges

12:38am October 31, 2020

by Sydney Lupkin

Drug industry veteran Moncef Slaoui is a key figure in Operation Warp Speed's push to develop COVID-19 coronavirus vaccines. His employment terms raised concerns about potential conflicts of interest.

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Tony Potts, a 69-year-old retiree living in Ormond Beach, Fla., receives his first injection earlier this year as a participant in a Phase 3 clinical trial of Moderna's COVID-19 candidate vaccine.

Advisers To CDC Debate How COVID-19 Vaccine Should Be Rolled Out

9:41pm October 30, 2020

In advance of a COVID-19 vaccine being available, a group of independent medical advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention weighed Friday who should get the vaccine first and how.

New Zealanders have voted to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill but voted down legalizing marijuana. The questions were put to the country in separate referendums held in conjunction with the general election that handed Prime Minister Jacinda Ar

New Zealand Supports The Right To Die, But Rejects The Right To Get High

8:48pm October 30, 2020

by Julie McCarthy

The country voted to allow assisted dying for the terminally ill but no to legalizing marijuana. Two separate referendums were held along with the general election won Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Advisers To CDC Discuss Potential Coronavirus Vaccines

5:58pm October 30, 2020

by Pien Huang

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention met virtually Friday to review what's known about potential coronavirus vaccines. The main issue is who should get a vaccine first.

Is It Safe To Go Trick-Or-Treating This Halloween?

5:58pm October 30, 2020

With the pandemic continuing, is it OK to go trick-or-treating on Halloween? Some people are finding creative solutions in hopes of a safe and spooky night.

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How Presidential Election Could Reshape Medicaid

4:58pm October 30, 2020

by Blake Farmer

Medicaid provides health care for millions of low-income Americans. The presidential election could reshape Medicaid — at a critical moment for health care.

Cars line up for coronavirus tests at the University of Texas at El Paso on Oct. 23. The city has seen a surge in cases, prompting a judge to issue a shutdown of nonessential businesses.

El Paso County Judge Orders Shutdown Of Nonessential Businesses

3:45pm October 30, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The judge's order calls for the closure of hair salons, gyms and restaurant dine-in services. The Texas attorney general says the judge has "no authority" to impose the shutdown.

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Afghanistan's Kandahar province. Taliban opposition to vaccine campaigns have left millions of children unprotected against the virus.

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The Campaign To Wipe Out Polio Was Going Really Well ... Until It Wasn't

3:20pm October 30, 2020

by Jason Beaubien

It looked as if polio would be the second human disease to be eliminated — after smallpox. But "2020 has been a terrible year," the head of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative says.

A medical assistant holds a swab after testing a man on Wednesday at the new COVID-19 testing facility at Boston Logan International Airport.

U.S. Hits New Coronavirus Record With More Than 88,500 New Cases

11:34am October 30, 2020

by Bill Chappell

In the past week, the U.S. has blown past record levels of infection that were seen in the summer, when new cases topped 77,000 in July.