Drugmaker may price poor out of vaccine.
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TOP STORIES
Friday, July 17
DRASTIC MEASURES AS DEATH TOLL SETS RECORDS The coronavirus surged to new records around the U.S., with one city in South Carolina urging people to pray it into submission, a hospital in Texas bringing in military medical personnel and morgues running out of space in Phoenix. Record numbers of confirmed infections and deaths emerged again in states in the South and West, with hospitals stretched to the brink. Texas reported 10,000 new cases for the third straight day and 129 additional deaths. The state has seen a third of its more than 3,400 total COVID-19 fatalities in the first two weeks of July alone. [AP]
WHITE HOUSE: SCIENCE 'WON'T STAND IN THE WAY' OF REOPENING SCHOOLS White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany defended President Donald Trump’s insistence that schools reopen in the fall, saying that scientific findings about COVID-19 won’t “stand in the way” of resuming in-person instruction. “The President has said unmistakably that he wants schools to open ... and when he says ‘open’ he means open and full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school,” McEnany said at a press briefing. “The science should not stand in the way of this.” She self-corrected moments later, saying, “The science is on our side here." [HuffPost]
NEARLY A THIRD OF FLORIDA CHILDREN TESTED ARE POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 Nearly one-third of children who have been tested for the coronavirus in Florida have tested positive, according to data from the state’s Department of Health that comes amid ongoing debate and uncertainty over whether schools will reopen this fall. In comparison, roughly 11% of everyone in the state who has been tested for the virus — roughly 2.8 million people — has tested positive. [HuffPost] |
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ASTRAZENCA COULD PRICE POOR OUT OF COVID VACCINE Drugmaker AstraZeneca could price poorer countries out of a British coronavirus vaccine due to a loophole in the nonprofit agreement it signed with Oxford University, campaigners have warned – among them one of the first participants in the trial itself. Volunteer Luigi Ceccaroni has demanded the details of a distribution deal between Oxford University and the U.K.-based pharma giant be made public, saying he fears the firm could still profiteer from the drug once the first global peak dies down. AstraZeneca told HuffPost UK this week it was “too early to comment on pricing post-pandemic.” [HuffPost]
15 FEMALE NFL EMPLOYEES ALLEGE REPEATED SEXUAL HARRASSMENT Fifteen women who worked for the Washington, D.C., NFL team have accused former top staff members of sexual harassment and verbal abuse over a 13-year period. After The Washington Post questioned the football club about the allegations, three top front-office employees of owner Daniel Snyder’s crew left the team. They included Larry Michael, the club’s longtime play-by-play radio announcer, and the NFL team’s director of pro personnel, Alex Santos. [HuffPost]
MARY TRUMP BURNS COUSIN IVANKA: 'SHE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING' Although Ivanka Trump has claimed she wants to be a moderating force on her father's behavior in the White House, her cousin Mary Trump isn’t impressed with the first daughter’s job performance. “She doesn’t do anything. She spouts bromides on social media, but either she tries to have an impact and fails, or just isn’t interested in having an impact,” Mary Trump told The Washington Post. Mary Trump said instead that Ivanka and her husband, Jared Kushner ― both of whom have White House posts as senior advisers to the president ― are his “enablers.” [HuffPost] |
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WHAT'S BREWING
SCOTUS LEAVES IN PLACE VOTING RESTRICTIONS ON FORMER FELONS The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a setback to convicted felons in Florida who hope to cast votes in the Nov. 3 presidential election, leaving in place a lower court’s order that placed their voting rights in limbo. The justices declined to set aside an order by the Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that effectively halted the voter registration of former felons in Florida who cannot afford to pay fines or fees mandated by state law. Justices Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Elena Kagan dissented. [Reuters]
VIRGINIA ENACTS FIRST-OF-ITS-KIND REGULATION IN COVID-19 FIGHT Virginia leaders approved a new set of rules to protect workers during the pandemic. Employers must follow social-distancing guidelines and provide masks to workers who deal with customers. In workplaces where it isn’t possible to spread out, employers will have to provide hand sanitizer or access to sinks, and regularly clean work surfaces. Employers must notify workers within 24 hours when a co-worker has tested positive for COVID-19. Anyone believed to have the virus must stay off the job for at least 10 days, or until they’ve tested negative two times. [HuffPost]
GEORGIA GOV. SUES ATLANTA MAYOR TO BLOCK MASK MANDATE Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is suing Atlanta’s mayor and city council to block the city from enforcing its mandate to wear a mask in public. Kemp and Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr argue that Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has overstepped her authority and must obey Kemp’s executive orders under state law. “Governor Kemp must be allowed, as the chief executive of this state, to manage the public health emergency without Mayor Bottoms issuing void and unenforceable orders,” the lawsuit states. [HuffPost]
TOP DEMOCRATS TELL LAWMAKERS TO AVOID CONVENTION Democratic leaders have told congressional lawmakers and party delegates to skip the Democratic National Convention set to take place next month amid mounting concerns over the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The convention, set to take place from Aug. 17 to 20 in Milwaukee, will be a shell of what officials had hoped for, even after it was delayed for more than a month. Joe Biden, the party’s presumptive nominee, will still appear to deliver a keynote speech and accept the nomination, as will a few other party leaders. [HuffPost]
EVANGELICAL CHURCHES SUE OVER SINGING BAN Three California churches are suing Gov. Gavin Newsom over his attempt to combat the spread of COVID-19 by banning singing at houses of worship. The evangelical congregations insist Newsom is infringing on their religious liberty by forcing them to stop singing and chanting during indoor services, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in Sacramento. “To prohibit group singing and chanting is to effectively prohibit corporate Christian worship,” the complaint states. [HuffPost] |
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