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Supreme Court Justices Hint That Obamacare Repeal Is Highly Unlikely
At issue is whether the individual mandate, which the GOP zeroed-out in 2017, is severable from the rest of the law.
Supreme Court Hears ACA Case That Could Imperil COVID Treatment for Millions
Millions in the U.S. could lose their health care in the middle of a pandemic.
Consumer Advocates Warn Pfizer Data Is Incomplete — Vaccine Is Still Months Away
Pfizer released promising but preliminary data on a potential COVID-19 vaccine into a charged post-election atmosphere.
Biden Says Vaccine News Is “Great,” But Warns Masks Are Still Needed
Many experts agree that, in a best-case scenario, widespread access to a vaccine won't happen until mid-2021.
Biden Announces COVID Team Including Vaccines Specialist Ousted by Trump
Bright claims he was punished earlier this year for refusing to back the Trump-endorsed drug hydroxychloroquine.
COVID Infections Hit New Record in US on Heels of Election
On top of the surge in cases nationwide, coronavirus hospitalizations are also soaring in more than a dozen states.
Trump’s Rallies Are Connected to at Least 700 COVID Deaths and 30,000 Infections
“The communities in which Trump rallies took place paid a high price in terms of disease and death,” a new study finds.
Trump’s HHS Is Withholding Detailed COVID Hospitalization Data From the Public
Health experts say the information must be disseminated to help improve public health responses to the pandemic.
Don Jr. Wrongly Claims the Coronavirus Death Rate Is “Almost Nothing”
One respected health model projects that daily deaths in the U.S. will exceed 2,200 by New Year's Day.
Uninsured COVID Patients Aren’t Being Told Their Hospital Bills Are Covered
The problem with the COVID-19 uninsured program is that even doctors don’t always know how it works or that it exists.