US experts recommend who should get COVID-19 vaccine firstHealthcare workers, first responders, and adults with pre-existing conditions that put them at risk for severe symptoms of COVID-19 should be the initial recipients of the first approved vaccine in the United States, according to a framework from the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) published yesterday.

Today, NAM will hold a virtual public meeting on the recommendations.The NAM report offers a detailed approach about how to best prioritize and allocate a COVID-19 vaccine.

Even though the virus was discovered only in December of 2019, several countries have produced vaccines that are currently in late-stage clinical trials, and US President Donald Trump has said America could see a

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Reality check: A look at Trump’s claims on John McCain, Black Lives Matter protests

Donald Trump said he never called John McCain a loser — he did — and denigrated the record of the late Republican senator on veterans affairs despite routinely appropriating one of McCain’s crowning achievements on that front as his own.Trump distorted events in Kenosha, Wisconsin, over the past week and his own hand in them before a furor over his reported comments on fallen soldiers diverted his rhetoric.

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Traditional first lady cookie contest won't happen ahead of 2020 election

FILE - First Lady Melania Trump attends an event to mark National Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Month in the East Room of the White House on September 3, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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US officials assure COVID vaccine decisions won't be political

The head of Operation Warp Speed and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) both made public statements yesterday concerning US COVID-19 vaccine developments, assuring the public that any vaccine approval would be an apolitical decision and not part of an "October surprise" by President Donald Trump to sway favor in the upcoming election.

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How to vote by mail in New Jersey

A mail-in ballot envelope for elections in New Jersey. (FOX 5 NY file photo) Election Day 2020 is Tuesday, Nov. 3.

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What is the best way to share out a future Covid-19 vaccine?

Health workers not a priority?The group rejects the argument that its policies would reward bad management such as that in the United States, which leads the world in the number of virus deaths and cases."You shouldn't penalize Americans because Donald Trump can't seem to manage this pandemic," said Emanuel.Against Covid-19 "you don't say everyone gets the same," he said."The country with the worst situation, they have to be treated first," he added, comparing the situation to an emergency room where a heart attack victim is treated before the patient with sore throat.After calculating the years of life that might be saved, the experts propose taking into consideration minimizing the economic and social impact of the virus, such as

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Coronavirus: Trump says shutdowns ‘causing much bigger problems’ amid pandemic

U.S. President Donald Trump said during a rally in Latrobe, Pa. on Thursday that shutdowns amid the COVID-19 pandemic are “causing much bigger problems,” and telling the crowd “you haven’t even opened up the great Commonwealth.”

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Trump mocks Biden’s mask-wearing during Pennsylvania rally

During a rally in Latrobe, Pa. on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump mocked Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s mask-wearing amid the COVID-19 pandemic, asking the crowd, “did you ever see a man that likes a mask as much as him?”

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COVID-19 remains key election issue for Biden, Trump

With talk of a vaccine in time for Election Day ramping up, both Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and incumbent Donald Trump continue to confront the pandemic as a major talking point for the presidential election, now 2 months away.

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Bill Kelly: Don’t rush the vaccine

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Trump tells voters to vote twice, once by mail and once in person, in Nov. election

Donald Trump suggested on Wednesday that voters in the state of North Carolina should vote twice in the November election, once by vote and once by mail, to make sure their vote was counted.“So, let them send it in and let them go vote,” Trump said in an interview with WECT-TV in Wilmington, North Carolina, when asked about the security of mail-in votes. “And if the system is as good as they say it is then obviously they won’t be able to vote” in person.Voting more than once in an election is illegal.

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Trump targets Seattle, Portland, NYC, DC by threatening federal funding for ‘anarchist’ cities

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Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson says he, his family have recovered from coronavirus

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said in a video message posted on social media Wednesday that he, his wife and their two young children tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks but that they all have recovered and are healthy. Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson confronts Donald Trump: ‘Where are you?’ Johnson, 48, said in the Instagram post that he and his spouse, Lauren, 35, and their daughters, Jasmine, 4, and Tiana, 2, caught the coronavirus about two and a half weeks ago from “very close family friends” whom he said had no idea how they had become infected.

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Fox News Poll: Biden tops Trump among likely voters in key states

FILE - A President Donald Trump and a former Vice President Joe Biden supporter converse before the Joe Biden Campaign Rally at the National World War I Museum and Memorial on March 7, 2020 in Kansas City, Missouri.

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'If I die, I die:' Vikings QB Kirk Cousins has 'survival of the fittest' approach to COVID-19

(FOX 9) - Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said he is taking a "survival of the fittest" personal approach to the coronavirus, even if it kills him.In a recent interview on Spotify's "10 Questions With Kyle Brandt" podcast, Cousins said, "If I die, I die. I kind of have peace about that."Cousins also said that he does not believe face masks work in helping to prevent the spread of COVID-19, but also said that he tries to respect others' concerns about the virus.Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins said he thought it was a prank at first when President Donald Trump reached out to congratulate him on Sunday’s win over the New York Giants.

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Blake Shelton causes controversy over false COVID-19 pandemic statistics tweet

Blake Shelton was called out for sharing misinformation on social media about the coronavirus pandemic. The musician, 44, tweeted a statistic that was unfounded over the weekend and his followers were quick to point out Shelton should check sources before spreading theories.

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Court blocks release of Trump's tax records until appeal is heard

President Donald Trump at the 2020 RNC NEW YORK - A federal appeals court on Tuesday blocked a New York prosecutor from obtaining Donald Trump’s tax returns while the president's lawyers continue to fight a subpoena seeking the records. The three-judge panel ruled after hearing brief arguments from both sides.Trump's lawyers had asked for a temporary stay while they appeal a lower-court ruling that granted Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr.'s office access to Trump's tax returns.

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CDC did not decrease US COVID-19 death toll — here’s how the data was misconstrued

Members of the Covid Memorial Project hold American flags in front of the Washington monument to commemorate COVID-19 victims on Aug. 27, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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Trump and Biden campaigns butt heads over U.S. unrest

As COVID-19 cases surge and protests rage over racial injustice in the U.S., the candidates for November’s presidential election are hitting the campaign trail.

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70% of coronavirus relief payments to deceased are now recovered: U.S. officials

Trump administration says that it has recovered nearly 70 per cent of the government novel coronavirus relief payments that went to dead people.The Government Accountability Office said Monday it had been told by the Treasury Department that nearly 70 per cent of the $1.6 billion that had mistakenly gone to dead people had been recovered.The GAO said it could not immediately verify that amount but said its auditors were working with Treasury to determine the exact number of payments that have been recovered. Trump donors among the first U.S.

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Blake Shelton Sparks Controversy for His Coronavirus Comment

The Voice mentor Blake Shelton posted a tweet with false information about the COVID-19 pandemic and fans were quick to respond.

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US raises the possibility of early approval for covid vaccine

US Food and Drug Administration raised the possibility in an interview published Sunday that a future vaccine against the coronavirus might be given emergency approval before the end of trials designed to ensure its safety and effectiveness.A request for such extraordinary approval would have to come from the vaccine developer, Stephen Hahn told the Financial Times."If they do that before the end of Phase Three," which involves large-scale human testing, "we may find that appropriate.

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Trump’s intelligence chief ends election security briefings to U.S. Congress

upcoming presidential election.U.S. President Donald Trump said National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe made the decision because the administration “got tired” of intelligence about election security leaking from Congress.

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Here’s how the U.S. could release a COVID-19 vaccine before the election—and why that scares some

Jon CohenScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.When President Donald Trump accepted his party’s nomination for another term last night at the Republican National Convention, he pledged that the push by his administration’s Operation Warp Speed to deliver a COVID-19 vaccine would succeed “before the end of the year, or maybe even sooner.”That promise concerns many vaccine veterans. They worry that political forces—the U.S.

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Trump promises COVID vaccine this year despite current progress

During the final night of the Republican National Convention, President Donald Trump, speaking on the White House lawn in front of a large, mostly unmasked audience, said his administration will have a vaccine against COVID-19 within the next 4 months.

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Conventions highlight aggressive fact-check efforts

NEW YORK – Rachel Maddow ended her fact-check mission with a lightning round after President Donald Trump's nomination acceptance speech — 12 corrections in about a minute.

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Despite talks, no deal in sight for new round of $1,200 direct payments to Americans

WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and White House chief of staff Mark Meadows resumed talks Thursday over a stalled COVID-19 aid package, but the outlook for any swift resolution appeared bleak as President Donald Trump’s team and congressional Democrats have been unable to agree on a compromise.Pelosi said she told Meadows the Democrats would be willing to meet halfway — at $2.2 trillion — a slight reduction from her last proposal before talks collapsed earlier this month. The White House, which has stuck with its initial $1 trillion offer, had no immediate response.“We have said again and again that we’re willing to meet them in the middle — $2.2 trillion.

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Will produce Covid vaccine by this year end or sooner, says Donald Trump

vaccine before the end of this year or maybe even sooner. We will defeat the virus and the pandemic, and emerge stronger than ever before," he added.Trump further informed that three vaccines are in the final stage adding that the US "would crush the virus"."We have three different vaccines in the final trial stage.

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‘By the grace of God and compassion of Trump’: Alice Johnson, whose drug sentence was commuted, speaks at RNC

WASHINGTON (AP) - A woman whose drug crime sentence was commuted by President Donald Trump said his reforms on criminal justice are “just getting started.”Alice Johnson said Thursday during the Republican National Convention that she “hollered hallelujah” after Trump signed the First Step Act, which she said “brought joy, hope and freedom to thousands of well-deserving people.”“I am alive, I am well and most importantly, I am free,” announced Johnson at Thursday’s convention as she thanked the president for giving her the opportunity to come home to her family and regain her life. Johnson is a Tennessee grandmother convicted on felony drug and money laundering charges in 1996.

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At RNC, UFC’s Dana White praises Trump’s response to COVID-19 pandemic

LOS ANGELES - Just a few days before the final night of the 2020 Republican National Convention, UFC President Dana White expressed a serious lack of concern for criticism from those who have opposed his endorsement of President Donald Trump. “That s--t doesn’t bother me,” White said, according to MMA Junkie. “Listen, this is America.

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Protesters gather outside White House to disrupt President Trump’s RNC acceptance speech

WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 27: Demonstrators protest U.S. President Donald Trump at Black Lives Matter plaza August 27, 2020 in Washington, DC.

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Kamala Harris says Trump has shown ‘reckless disregard’ for well-being of Americans

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris took aim at U.S.

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President Trump: NBA has become like 'a political organization'

A general view of the court after the postponed game five of the first round of the NBA Playoffs between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Houston Rockets at The Field House at ESPN Wide World Of Sports Complex on Aug. 26, 2020 in Lake Buena Vista, F WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump said Thursday that the NBA has become like “a political organization," criticizing the league the day after player protests over police brutality led to the postponement of playoff games.Senior White House aides earlier had suggested that the protests were not constructive and were hypocritical considering the league's relative silence about human rights violations in China, where U.S.

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Philadelphia accepts $10M grant for 2020 election plan

Mail-in ballots HARRISBURG - Philadelphia on Thursday accepted a $10 million grant to help it advance an ambitious election plan to buy counting equipment and spread satellite election offices and secure drop boxes around the city to absorb growing demand for voting by mail in November's presidential election.The city's election board, the Philadelphia City Commissioners, voted to accept the grant from the Chicago-based Center for Tech and Civic Life, whose donors include Facebook and Google.Accepting the grant comes as President Donald Trump's campaign is suing to outlaw drop boxes -- used in the primary in the heavily Democratic city of Philadelphia and its suburban counties where Trump lost badly in 2016's election despite prevailing in

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New school year dawns in Europe despite recent jump in coronavirus cases

masks. Despite resurgent coronavirus infections, similar scenes are unfolding across Europe as a new school year dawns.Virus or no virus, European authorities are determined to put children back into classrooms, to narrow the learning gaps between haves and have-nots that deepened during lockdowns — and to get their parents back to work.Facing a jump in virus cases, authorities in France, Britain, Spain and elsewhere are imposing mask rules, hiring extra teachers and building new desks en masse.While the U.S.

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RNC night 3 takeaways: Republicans push American exceptionalism amid national crises

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Republicans proceeded with the third night of their national convention, but many Americans — particularly those in the path of Hurricane Laura — were focused on more immediate concerns.

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Vice President Pence preserves own presidential prospects

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Mike Pence shuttled through the Capitol's empty, drafty hallways one blustery winter day in search of a breakthrough.It was January 2019, and the government had been partly shut down for weeks in a standoff between his boss, President Donald Trump, and Democrats who refused to fund his border wall.

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Kellyanne Conway's RNC speech serves as exit address from White House

FILE - White House Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway returns to the West Wing after talking to reporters outside the White House on August 21, 2020 in Washington, DC. WASHINGTON (AP) - Kellyanne Conway is making her exit.One of the longest-serving advisers to President Donald Trump is delivering a speech about “everyday heroes” on Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention.

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Harris to deliver speech condemning Trump for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic

Kamala Harris plans to deliver a speech condemning President Donald Trump on Thursday for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The speech will come hours before Trump is set to accept renomination for a second term.Harris will detail a “profound failure of leadership” from Trump and highlight proposals by Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to control the virus and confront the economic fallout, Biden’s campaign told The Associated Press.With Trump planning an evening address from the White House lawn, Harris’ afternoon remarks from Washington will be the Democrats’ main counter to the president on the final day of the Republicans’ convention.

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WHAT TO WATCH: Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway and protest pushback at GOP convention

Photo taken in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, Aug. 24, 2020 shows a computer screen displaying U.S.

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Could US regulators authorize a covid-19 vaccine before the election?

NEW YORK/CHICAGO : U.S. President Donald Trump has said a vaccine for the novel coronavirus could be available before the Nov.

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Mike Pompeo hails Trump's America First policy at RNC

WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has plunged into the heart of the 2020 presidential race with a speech supporting President Donald Trump’s reelection at the Republican National Convention.The speech was recorded in Jerusalem during an official visit to the Middle East and aired Tuesday at the RNC.The address was roundly condemned by Democrats and others as an inappropriate breach of decades of diplomatic precedent and a possible violation of federal law prohibiting executive branch employees from overt political activism while on duty.

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Herschel Walker says critics calling Trump 'racist' deeply hurt him during RNC address

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Former football player Herschel Walker talked about his 35-year friendship with President Donald Trump at the 2020 Republican National Convention on Monday.Walker, the former Georgia Bulldog and 1982 Heisman Trophy winner recalled meeting Trump and how they developed a deep, personal friendship over the past three decades.The two-time NFL Pro-Bowler discussed how Trump made him feel special and shared with Walker about how it was important for him to know each person personally.He said it hurt him when he heard people calling the president a racist."It hurts my soul to hear the terrible names that people call Donald.

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FDA chief apologizes for overstating convalescent plasma benefits to treat COVID-19

WASHINGTON (AP) - Scientists and medical experts have been pushing back against the claims about the treatment since President Donald Trump’s announcement on Sunday that the FDA had decided to issue emergency authorization for convalescent plasma, taken from patients who have recovered from the coronavirus and rich in disease-fighting antibodies.Trump hailed the decision as a historic breakthrough even though the treatment’s value has not been established.

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Number of new U.S coronavirus cases falling — nearly 1,000 still dying daily

coronavirus is falling — a development experts say most likely reflects more mask-wearing but also insufficient testing — even as the disease continues to claim nearly 1,000 lives in the U.S. each day.About 43,000 new cases are being reported daily across the country, down 21% from early August, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

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Mike Pompeo shattering precedent, sparking fury with GOP convention speech

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a joint statement to the press with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (unseen) after meeting in Jerusalem, on August 24, 2020. (Photo by DEBBIE HILL/AFP via Getty Images) WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sent a cable to all U.S.

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Fact check: Donald Trump, allies make several false claims on first day of Republican convention

Donald Trump made a dizzying array of misleading claims about voting fraud and health care as fellow Republicans opened their convention with speeches distorting the agenda of his Democratic rival, Joe Biden.Trump falsely asserted that he was the one who ensured that people with preexisting medical problems will be covered by health insurance; actually that was Democratic President Barack Obama. Several speakers accused Biden of proposing to defund police, ban fracking, take over health care and open borders — none of that true.A look at statements Monday at the Republican National Convention:: “We protected your preexisting conditions.

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Rushing out a covid vaccine could jeopardize testing of others: Anthony Fauci

CHICAGO/NEW YORK : The top U.S. infectious diseases expert is warning that distributing a COVID-19 vaccine under special emergency use guidelines before it has been proved safe and effective in large trials is a bad idea that could have a chilling effect on the testing of other vaccines.Scientists and health experts have expressed concern that President Donald Trump will apply pressure on the U.S.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0

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