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Coronavirus cases are on the rise again across more than half of the U.S. The worrying trends across the Midwest come about two weeks after CDC Directors Dr. Robert Redfield said the middle of the country "is getting stuck" when it comes to combating the virus. Will Feuer CNBC

Coronavirus cases are on the rise again across more than half of the U.S.

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Coronavirus cases are rising across more than half of the nation even as the outbreak slows across former hotspots in Arizona, Florida, California and Texas.

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AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine becomes third to begin Phase three trials in the United States British drugmaker AstraZeneca says it has started Phase 3 trials of its coronavirus vaccine candidate in the United States. The vaccine, AZD 1222, is the third to enter large-scale trials in the United States, after vaccines made by Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech. Andrea Kane, CNN CNN

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AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine becomes third to begin Phase three trials in the United States

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Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside. United Nations experts are holding... AP NEWS

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Pandemic brings hard times for farmers, worsening hunger

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The coronavirus pandemic has brought hard times for many farmers and has imperiled food security for many millions both in the cities and the countryside.

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The nation’s public health agencies are ailing when they’re needed most It is one of many weaknesses that left the United States ill-prepared for a pandemic. Chelsea Janes, William Wan Washington Post

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ANALYSIS IN DEPTH The nation’s public health agencies are ailing when they’re needed most

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As coronavirus threatens again, countries call in contact-tracing cavalry Germany and Israel seemed to have the coronavirus under control, but are experiencing new hot spots. Now contact tracing is proving critical. The Christian Science Monitor The Christian Science Monitor

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Cntact Tracing: How Germany and Israel respond in different ways

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2020-08-31 19:32

Berlin; and Tel Aviv, Israel

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Patchwork approach to contact tracing hampers national recovery

Submitted by mike kraft on Mon, 2020-08-31 19:14

A patchwork approach to contact tracing across state health departments is making it increasingly difficult to know where people are getting exposed to COVID-19.

While some states like Louisiana and Washington state publicly track detailed data related to COVID-19 cases in bars, camps, daycares, churches, worksites and restaurants, most states do not, creating obstacles to preventing future cases.

The extensive spread of the virus, combined with the country's 50-state approach to pandemic response, has led to a dearth of information about where transmissions are occurring. Those shortcomings are in turn complicating efforts to safely open the economy and to understand the risks associated with certain activities and settings.

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White House privately warned states of Covid-19 ‘red zone’ threat, records show The House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis released eight weeks of previously confidential reports obtained from the White House coronavirus task force. Alice Miranda Ollstein POLITICO

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White House privately warned states of Covid-19 ‘red zone’ threat, records show

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Senior Trump administration officials in June privately warned seven states about dangerous coronavirus outbreaks that put them in the highest risk "red zone" while publicly dismissing concerns about a second wave of Covid-19, according to White House documents House Democrats released on Monday.

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U.S. Coronavirus Rates Are Rising Fast Among Children Young children seem to catch and transmit the virus less, but rising numbers of cases, hospitalizations and deaths show they are increasingly affected. nytimes

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U.S. Coronavirus Rates Are Rising Fast Among Children

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As Scores Of U.S. Universities See Coronavirus Outbreaks, Nation Tops 6 Million Cases There have been at least 183,000 deaths linked to COVID-19 nationwide. YahooNews

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As Scores Of U.S. Universities See Coronavirus Outbreaks, Nation Tops 6 Million Cases

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Inside Trump’s pressure campaign on federal scientists over a covid-19 treatment Demoralized FDA staff say a misleading announcement on convalescent plasma undermined scientists’ credibility and turned the agency into a prop in the president’s reelection campaign. Laurie McGinley, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Josh Dawsey, Carolyn Y. Johnson Washington Post

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ANALYSIS: Inside Trump’s pressure campaign on federal scientists over a covid-19 treatment

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FDA leader says agency could consider authorization for Covid-19 vaccine before Phase 3 trials are complete, Financial Times reports FDA Commissioner, Dr. Stephen Hahn, told the Financial Times that the organization would consider emergency use authorization for a Covid-19 vaccine before Phase 3 trials were completed Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN CNN

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FDA head says agency could consider authorization for Covid-19 vaccine before Phase 3 trials are complete, Financial Times reports

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Scientists see downsides to top COVID-19 vaccines from Russia, China High-profile COVID-19 vaccines developed in Russia and China share a potential shortcoming: They are based on a common cold virus that many people have been exposed to, potentially limiting their effectiveness, some experts say. Allison Martell U.S.

Scientists see downsides to top COVID-10 vaccines from Russia, China

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EU offers 400 million euros to WHO-led COVID-19 vaccine initiative The European Commission said it would contribute 400 million euros ($478 million) to an initiative led by the World Health Organization to buy COVID-19 vaccines, but did not clarify whether EU states would acquire shots through the WHO scheme. Francesco Guarascio U.S.

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EU offers 400 million euros to WHO-led COVID-19 vaccine initiative

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