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Warner, Gade focus on health issues in final debate

October 14, 2020

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia and his Republican opponent, Daniel Gade, sparred over how best to respond to the coronavirus and other health care issues Tuesday in their third and final debate.

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, gestures during a debate with Republican challenger Daniel Gade, right, at a television studio Tuesday Oct. 13, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, gestures during a debate with Republican challenger Daniel Gade, right, at a television studio Tuesday Oct. 13, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and Republican challenger Daniel Gade, right, are displayed on a television monitor during a debate at a television studio Tuesday Oct. 13, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

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U.S. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and Republican challenger Daniel Gade, right, are displayed on a television monitor during a debate at a television studio Tuesday Oct. 13, 2020, in Richmond, Va. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

The televised event, sponsored by the AARP, focused heavily on the pandemic as well as issues important to seniors, like prescription drug prices and the Affordable Care Act. Warner, a former governor, cast himself as a trusted

Warner, Gade Focus on Health Issues in Final Debate | Virginia News

October 14, 2020

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By ALAN SUDERMAN, Associated Press

“The truth is, what I’m counting on most, is that Virginians knows me,” Warner said.

Gade, a first-time candidate and retired Army officer who lost a leg when his Humvee was blown up in Iraq, offered himself up as an energetic fresh face unafraid of special interests.

“One you look at my personal history, you’ll know this: I will never quit when things are hard,” Gade said.

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Voters get final word on a controversial sex education law

October 11, 2020

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ARLINGTON — Courtney Normand and Mindie Wirth agree there’s value in teaching sex education in Washington’s public schools.

But the two Snohomish County mothers disagree sharply on a new state law mandating comprehensive sex education in every district’s curriculum in every grade, starting in kindergarten.

It’s propelled them into the spotlight of the impassioned battle over Referendum 90, a statewide ballot measure which gives voters the final say on keeping or repealing the controversial law.

Normand, of Arlington, backs the law, believing it will provide children building blocks for self-awareness by ensuring they receive accurate and age-appropriate information about their bodies, about consent and about relationships.

“We know that this legislation will give our young people the tools they need for a healthy and more equitable future,” said Normand, a mother of two elementary students who is the state director for Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest. She is a spokeswoman for

Remdesivir Effective, Well-Tolerated in Final Trial Report

October 10, 2020

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Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center.

A final report from the multinational placebo-controlled ACTT-1 trial confirms that remdesivir is effective and well tolerated for shortening the time to recovery from COVID-19 infection.

In May 2020, remdesivir received Food and Drug Administration approval for emergency treatment of severe COVID-19 on the basis of a preliminary report on this trial. In August 2020, the FDA expanded the indication to include all hospitalized adult and pediatric patients with suspected or laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection irrespective of severity.

“Our findings were consistent with the findings of the preliminary report: a 10-day course of remdesivir was superior to placebo in the treatment of hospitalized patients with COVID-19,” reported a team of investigators led by John H. Beigel, MD, of the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, in the New

Whistle-Blowing Scientist Quits Government With Final Broadside

October 6, 2020

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WASHINGTON — Rick Bright, a senior vaccine scientist who said he was demoted this spring for complaining about “cronyism” and political interference in science, resigned his final government post on Tuesday, saying he had been sidelined and left with nothing to do.

In a new addendum to the whistle-blower complaint he filed in May, Dr. Bright’s lawyers say officials at the National Institutes of Health, where he worked after his demotion, rejected his idea for a national coronavirus testing strategy “because of political considerations.” He also accused them of ignoring his request to join the $10 billion effort to fast-track a coronavirus vaccine, known as Operation Warp Speed.

“I long to serve the American people by using my skills to fight this pandemic,” Dr. Bright wrote on Sept. 25 to Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the institutes, noting that he had 25 years of experience in vaccine development. “The

N.Y. Gov. Cuomo Announces Final Regulations Requiring Insurers to Provide Fair Coverage for Mental Health & Substance Use Disorders

October 2, 2020

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ALBANY, New York, Oct. 2 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-New York, issued the following news release on Oct. 1:

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced final regulations requiring insurers to put into place policies and procedures that will ensure that they are providing comparable coverage for mental health and substance use disorders. The parity compliance program regulations were proposed by the New York State Department of Financial Services and Department of Health and were adopted following a 60-day period for public comments. The regulations will strengthen insurers’ obligation under both state and federal law to provide comparable coverage for benefits to treat mental health and substance use disorders. The final regulations will go into effect on December 29, 2020.

“The trauma this pandemic has caused is incalculable and cannot be ignored, and it’s especially critical that those who struggle with mental health and substance

Cuomo announces final regulations requiring insurers to provide fair coverage for mental health & substance use disorders

October 2, 2020

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Fri, Oct 2nd 2020 11:25 am

Parity compliance program regulations said to strengthen insurers’ obligation under state & federal law

Insurers required to establish parity compliance programs that meet minimum standards, identify & remediate improper practices

Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday announced final regulations requiring insurers to put into place policies and procedures that will ensure they are providing comparable coverage for mental health and substance use disorders. The parity compliance program regulations were proposed by the New York State Department of Financial Services and Department of Health and were adopted following a 60-day period for public comments. A press release said, “The regulations will strengthen insurers’ obligation under both state and federal law to provide comparable coverage for benefits to treat mental health and substance use disorders.” The final regulations will go into effect Dec. 29.

“The trauma this pandemic has caused is incalculable and cannot be ignored, and

Dr. Fauci on final conversations with HIV activist Larry Kramer

October 2, 2020

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When Dr. Anthony Fauci, one of the most visible members of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, learned about the impact the virus could have on patients with underlying medical conditions, among his concerns was the health of a man he had grown to love and admire while battling a prior public health crisis.

“As soon as Covid-19 came, I immediately thought about my dear friend Larry,” Fauci, 79, said of the longtime AIDS activist and gay rights titan Larry Kramer.

When the coronavirus swept through New York City earlier this year, Kramer, who resided in Manhattan, was 84, HIV-positive and the recipient of a liver transplant. If he were to contract the novel virus, his odds of suffering a severe case of Covid-19 would have been high. But while the outbreak gave the two old friends reason to reflect on the early days of the AIDS epidemic — where

The Health 202: Trump tests positive for coronavirus, throwing into chaos final days of campaign

October 2, 2020

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Trump tweeted this shortly before 1 a.m.:

First lady Melania Trump chimed in:

“Trump’s early morning announcement was an extraordinary turn for the first family, coming little more than a month before Election Day and as Trump has escalated his campaign pace in an effort to catch Democratic nominee Joe Biden,” my colleagues Josh Dawsey and Colby Itkowitz write. “He trails largely, aides and voters say, due to his handling of the virus, which has dominated voters’ attention along with the economic collapse caused by pandemic shutdowns.

“Even as the virus exploded around the nation, Trump has continued to hold large events featuring mostly maskless crowds of people who squeezed together to greet the president,” they add. “Trump has regularly appeared in public and in private without a mask, and has mocked Biden for wearing one and for curbing his campaign events. Many of Trump’s aides also have eschewed masks,

Deadly microbe water warning lifted for final Texas city

September 28, 2020

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LAKE JACKSON, Texas (AP) — Environmental officials in Texas have lifted a warning for a final Houston-area community to stop using tap water because it might be tainted with a deadly brain-eating microbe, but with a warning that the water should be boiled before being consumed.

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A staff opens a tap at the canteen of the new Central Government Offices at Tamar. Traces of bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease were founded in water samples taken from several places in the new Central Government Offices and the Legislative Council Complex at Tamar, including the Chief Executive’s office. The bacteria was first discovered in the private washroom of Michael Suen Ming-yeung, Secretary for Education. Suen was discharged from hospital last week after catching the disease. 03JAN12 (Photo by Felix Wong/South China Morning Post via Getty Images)

Earlier this month, 6-year-old Josh McIntyre died after contracting the microbe, naegleria fowleri.

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