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08/26/2020 - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC - Responding to an outcry from medical experts, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn on Tuesday apologized for overstating the life-saving benefits of treating COVID-19 patients with convalescent plasma.
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08/26/2020 - CNN byL Christina Maxouris
WASHINGTON, DC - More than 70,000 new Covid-19 cases in children have been reported across the US since early August, new data shows.
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08/26/2020 - The Associated Press
WASHINGTON, DC - Threatening fines and funding cut-offs, the Trump administration on Tuesday issued new COVID-19 requirements for nursing homes and hospitals, prompting immediate pushback from beleaguered industries.
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08/26/2020 - MetroNews by: Brad McElhinny
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Jim Justice has a legislative advisory committee for financial aspects of West Virginia’s covid response, but when asked he didn’t specify who is on it, when it next meets, what it oversees or whether the public should be able to see its discussions.
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08/26/2020 - The Register-Herald by: Mary Stillwell
CHARLESTON, WV - The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., on August 25, 2020, there have been 403,394 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 9,395 total cases and 187 deaths.
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08/25/2020 - The Hill by: Zack Budryk
WASHINGTON, DC - The World Health Organization on Monday warned that the use of plasma from recovered coronavirus patients as a treatment for the coronavirus remains experimental despite the White House’s authorization of it Sunday.
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08/25/2020 - Modern Healthcare by: Michael Brady
WASHINGTON, DC - For each person that went uncounted in the 2010 Census, Vermont lost more than $2,300 in 2015 federal grants for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program, foster care and adoption assistance, and child care for low-income families. It's a similar story for 36 other states.
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