pandemic has upended that long-held status quo. Even for those undeterred by public health concerns, flights are limited, thanks to border closures that change week by week.

Airlines are taking scattered approaches to ensuring safety. Hotels require thorough vetting to make sure they’re open and taking appropriate precautions.

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Poorest hit hardest by coronavirus as family living standards 'severely damaged'

Living standards of the poorest families have been clobbered during the coronavirus crisis, a grim report reveals today.

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Doncic and Mitchell reaching new heights in the postseason

according to the Mavericks. He finished Sunday's win with 43 points, 17 rebounds and 13 assists.

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Orange County eviction relief applications open this week, here’s how to apply

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – Orange County residents facing eviction will get a chance to apply for some relief Tuesday morning through the county’s new eviction diversion program.Earlier this month, the Orange County Board of Commissioners approved a plan to use $20 million in CARES Act money to fund a new program aimed at helping those who are struggling financially as a result of the coronavirus pandemic avoid eviction.The portal opens at 9 a.m.

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Some people can get the pandemic virus twice, a study suggests. That is no reason to panic

Kai KupferschmidtScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.Scientists have found the first solid evidence that people can be reinfected with the virus that causes COVID-19. A new study shows a 33-year-old man who was treated at the hospital for a mild case in March harbored the virus again when he was tested at the Hong Kong airport after returning from Europe on 15 August, less than 5 months later.

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Deirdre Davis Butler, Who Fought for Disability Rights, Dies at 64

New York Times (August 23)Deirdre Davis Butler, Who Fought for Disability Rights, Dies at 64A wheelchair user herself, she helped draft a landmark law and held government posts championing people with disabilities, especially those of color.

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Teachers Of Children With Disabilities Say More Needs To Be Done This Fall To Serve Special Needs During Pandemic.

NPR (8/21, Turner) reported that many teachers of students with disabilities say that more needs to be done this fall to serve the special needs of their classrooms.

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Coverage about COVID-19 in Facilities

New York Post (8/24, Nelson) report, “The Trump administration will unveil mandatory coronavirus testing and reporting rules for nursing homes this week to prevent a recurrence of the tragic death toll in New York, The Post has learned.” The “rules require that nursing homes offer tests to patients if anyone in the facility contracts COVID-19 or exhibits symptoms.

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76ers part ways with Brett Brown after 7 seasons

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia 76ers have parted ways with head coach Brett Brown after seven seasons, the team announced Monday.The team will begin a search process for a new head coach immediately.“I have a tremendous level of respect for Brett both personally and professionally and appreciate all he’s done for the 76ers organization and the City of Philadelphia,” Philadelphia 76ers General Manager Elton Brand said. “He did many positive things during his time here, developing young talent and helping position our team for three straight postseason appearances. Unfortunately, we fell well short of our goals this year and I believe it is best to go in a new direction.

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Archdiocesan high school athletes will not play fall sports due to COVID-19 pandemic

PHILADELPHIA - The Philadelphia Catholic League announced the decision to suspend fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The announcement was made in a letter to school families, administrators, faculty and staff in the 17 Archdiocesan high schools.The decision comes days after the board of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association voted to permit fall sports to begin on Monday, Aug. 24 based on local school decisions. “After much careful thought, consultation, and prayer a decision has been reached that all of our high schools will opt out of participation in interscholastic competition for the fall 2020 season.

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New drool-based tests are replacing the dreaded coronavirus nasal swab

Robert F. ServiceScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.First, a technician pushes a pencil-length swab to the very back of your nasal passages.

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Utah Revamps Pandemic Crisis Guidelines To Remove Bias Against People With Disabilities.

AP (8/20, Whitehurst) reports Utah “overhauled crisis guidelines Thursday that could have put people with disabilities at the back of the line if hospitals become overwhelmed during the coronavirus pandemic, adopting a new plan that federal officials said should serve as a national model for removing bias from life-or-death decisions.” The changes “settle a complaint from disability advocates and set a new standard for other states in removing bias from making potentially agonizing decisions, said Roger Severino, director of the Office for Civil Rights at the U.S.

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Embodied Labs Developing Software To Give Users Better Understanding Of Challenges Facing Aging Patients.

New York Times (8/19, Hannon) provides coverage of the company Embodied Labs, software from which “allows users to peer into the body and mind of someone confronted with aging issues: cognitive decline such as Alzheimer’s, age-related vision and hearing loss, or neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and dementia.” The objective “is to give users, including medical students, nurses, certified nursing assistants, assisted-living staff members and family caregivers, a better understanding of the challenges facing aging adults with these diseases or impairments through a first-person patient perspective.” For example, medical students “can use the Embodied Labs V.R.

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Analysis: Parents, Educators Work On How To Provide Support To Students With Disabilities During Pandemic.

Disability Scoop (8/21) reports that parents and special education professionals are working on the myriad challenges around providing students with disabilities a quality education as the pandemic continues. Many parents are determined to have their children attend classes in-person in order to receive the support they need; however, many of the requirements around in-person education complicate that desire.

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Here’s what the teachers union lawsuit decision means for Central Florida schools

ORLANDO, Fla. – In a groundbreaking decision Monday, a judge sided with Florida’s largest teachers union ruling that Florida’s mandate to require schools to provide in-person instruction during the coronavirus pandemic is unconstitutional.The Florida Education Association, or FEA, along with a number of other organizations filed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis, Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran and the state alleging reopening schools during the pandemic was unsafe.

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Trump complains of roll call coverage; nets cut speech off

NEW YORK – The opening of the Republican National Convention on Monday offered quick proof that how it is covered by the news media will be an ongoing sore spot.President Donald Trump complained about spotty coverage of the roll call vote that renominated him as the Republican candidate for president, and some television networks abandoned Trump's informal, 54-minute acceptance speech for aggressive fact-checking.This all took place hours before prime-time hours that would make clear how Republicans, like Democrats a week earlier, would keep viewers interested with a stripped-down convention because of the coronavirus pandemic.Democrats turned the traditional roll call vote into a well-received television production, with delegates

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Gov Murphy: Most schools in New Jersey planning hybrid start

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - The lion's share of New Jersey's school districts are planning a hybrid start to the academic year, Gov.

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Archdiocesan high schools will not play fall sports due to COVID-19 pandemic

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Ontario lieutenant-governor visiting Peterborough area to highlight tourism reopening amid pandemic

coronavirus pandemic.Elizabeth Dowdeswell’s visit to the region is hosted by Peterborough and the Kawarthas Tourism. Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism encouraging residents to ‘explore in own backyard’ She will meet with Peterborough Mayor Dianne Therrien and Peterborough County Warden J.

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Flagler suspends new applications for small business coronavirus relief grants

FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – Flagler County won’t be accepting new applications for its small business CARES Act grants, for now.The county was offering Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, or CARES Act, grants to small businesses impacted by COVID-19. There was $2.4 billion in funds to be divided up between applicants.After receiving nearly 1,000 applications the county closed the portal and it’s unclear when it will open again.“We don’t want to give out false hope,” Tourism Director Amy Lukasik.

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Excitement fills UCF campus as it fills up for fall semester

ORLANDO, Fla. – On the first day of the University of Central Florida’s fall semester, both Sabrina La Rosa and her classmate, Sabrina Blanco, said it felt surreal to be back on campus -- a day they had been waiting for with excitement. “It’s such a warm feeling to see students back on campus especially knowing after seeing surveys and data how excited they are, how much we’ve been longing for this moment,” said La Rosa, who is UCF’s student body president.For Blanco, the student vice president, walking around campus again gave her a sense of joy. “It definitely feels really good to be back. I love seeing students around campus and just, you know, taking it all in,” Blanco said.

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CFP selection committee set to release 1st ranking Nov. 17

The College Football Playoff unveiled a revised schedule Monday for its weekly rankings, with the first set pushed back two weeks to Nov. 17 and the final list now on tap for Dec.

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2nd consecutive day with 3 new coronavirus cases in Saskatchewan

coronavirus cases in the province on Monday.Health officials said there were three new cases, with the overall total for the province growing to 1,602 since the first case was reported in March. They added that one previously counted case from Aug.

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Coronavirus: Manitoba reports 49 new COVID-19 cases, masks made mandatory at hospitals, medical centres

Health officials reported 49 new cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba on Monday, as the province moved to make masks mandatory in hospitals and health centres.

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Air Canada collected 2nd-highest number of U.S. refund complaints in May

Air Canada had the second-highest number of complaints about refunds to the U.S. Department of Transportation of any airline in May.The department says Air Canada was the target of 1,705 refund complaints out of 10,415 filed against non-U.S.

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Six new coronavirus cases confirmed in Simcoe Muskoka, local total at 686

novel coronavirus on Monday, bringing the local total number of cases to 686, including 37 deaths.Four of the new cases are in Barrie, Ont., while two are in Bradford, Ont. Ontario’s COVID-19 cases have been on the decline.

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London-Middlesex has 1 new coronavirus case, Huron Perth has 6

coronavirus on Monday.This follows Sunday’s two new cases of COVID-19 after two days of new cases.There are now a total of 722 cases in the region, including 632 recoveries and 57 deaths. The death count has remained unchanged since June 12.At least 33 cases remain active in the region.

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Judge sides with Florida teachers union, says districts should decide if schools should reopen

ORLANDO, Fla. – A Tallahassee-based judge sided with Florida’s largest teachers union Monday ruling that Florida’s blanket order to require schools to teach students in the classroom during the coronavirus pandemic is unconstitutional.Florida Education Association, the state’s largest teachers union, along with a number of other organizations filed a lawsuit against Gov.

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News Scan for Aug 24, 2020

A research letter published late last week in the Annals of Internal Medicine has found that about 40 million US adults who work or live with school-aged children have definite or possible risk factors for severe COVID-19, carrying implications for fall school reopenings.Researchers from Harvard Medical School and City University of New York a

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Providing Care and Treatment for People Living with HIV in Low-Resource Non-US Settings During COVID-19 Pandemic

1). Maintenance of ART services – in addition to continued case identification and prompt enrollment of newly diagnosed PLHIV on lifelong treatment – is critical to protect massive global investments and their resultant progress towards HIV epidemic control.

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New therapy may 'dramatically' reduce sleep paralysis events

Frontiers in Neurology reports that around 20% of people worldwide experience sleep paralysis. As the lead study authors explain, finding oneself mentally awake as the body’s voluntary muscles remain asleep can be a terrifying experience; sleep paralysis can bring with it a range of hypnagogic hallucinations.“I know firsthand how terrifying sleep paralysis can be, having experienced it many times myself,” says first study author Baland Jalal, from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.

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Love Island USA set to air in UK with major changes due to coronavirus pandemic

Love Island USA will air in the UK next month with a brand new series post-coronavirus lockdown.ITV2 confirmed the news that the iconic reality show will broadcast the second season of the US show from September 7.Love Island Australia kept us entertained throughout July in lockdown, so the new USA season is sure to give viewers their much-needed fix of the iconic reality programme.Due to the coronavirus lockdown, the upcoming programme has undergone some major adjustments.Contestants will still head to a dreamy location to find love and win the $50,000 prize money, but changes have been made due to the coronavirus lockdown.

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KFC drops 'finger lickin' good' slogan amid coronavirus pandemic

Promotional Atmosphere at KFC on April 4, 2018 in Orangeburg, South Carolina. (Photo by Moses Robinson/Getty Images for KFC) KFC is cleaning up its act and dropping the iconic "finger lickin' good" slogan as the coronavirus health crisis continues.The chicken-centric chain announced the news on Monday, confirming that the 64-year-old motto will be temporarily suspended from advertising materials in select countries effective immediately.A spokesperson for KFC told FOX Business that the ad campaign was running in the United Kingdom, Canada, the Netherlands, the Middle East, North Africa, South Africa and parts of Asia. The campaign was not featured in the U.S.

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Introducing Space Curious, a new podcast by WKMG News 6

can submit a question for the show here for a chance to be part of the episode and have your curiosities answered by the experts.Space Curious was created to inspire everyone, from those with a mild interest in space exploration to the space fanatics.New episodes will be released every other Wednesday on Spotify, iTunes, Stitcher and Google Play. Follow and subscribe to listen along beginning with the first episode coming Aug.

Coronavirus: 1 new case in Northumberland County; no changes in Haliburton County, Kawartha Lakes

coronavirus was reported in Northumberland County on Monday.According to the Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit, the county now has 31 cases — one more since its last update issued Wednesday. Coronavirus — City of Kawartha Lakes estimating $500,000 pandemic-related costs for 2020 However, 30 of those cases are resolved — one more since Friday.

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Switzerland a good example of back-to-school preparedness: Educator

Liam Printer is from Ireland but lives and teaches in Switzerland, where students have been back in the classroom for months. Printer, who is also the host of “The Motivated Classroom” podcast, joined our Ask the Expert segment to share how the European country has safely continued in-class education during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Jerry Seinfeld Pens Scathing Rebuke to Idea NYC is "Dead" Due to Pandemic

Jerry Seinfeld is pissed. On Monday, the New York Times published an op-ed from the comedian in which he offered a scathing rebuke to a recent piece penned byJames Altucher, who argued New York City is "dead" due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. Thehedge-fund manager and author posted his piece to LinkedIn on Aug, 13.

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Doctor: NFL COVID-19 testing issues gave it test fire drill

ALLEN PARK, Mich. – In two-plus weeks, the NFL kicks off its season. That doesn't leave much time to resolve significant issues about its COVID-19 testing procedures.

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New this week: Katy Perry's 'Smile' and 'Love Island' return

“Lingua Franca” follows an undocumented trans Filipina immigrant on a quest to find a way to stay in the U.S to continue working as a domestic caregiver. For all its timely buzzwords, writer-director-editor-star Isabel Sandoval’s third film (on Netflix Wednesday), is introspective and subtle and well worth a watch.

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SeaWorld and Aquatica now open 7 days a week

ORLANDO, Fla – Guests visiting SeaWorld Orlando and its waterpark, Aquatica, now have an additional day to enjoy the parks.The theme park said its parks are now open seven days a week. The move started Saturday, August 22.With the extra day, officials also extended operating hours on weekends to 10 p.m.

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Over 170 countries in talks with WHO for equitable covid-19 vaccine access

New Delhi: Over 170 countries are engaged in discussions with the World Health Organization (WHO) to participate in COVAX, its global initiative aimed at ensuring equitable access to safe and effective vaccines, once they receive regulatory approval.As part of the self-financing facility of COVAX, countries will have to provide expression of intent by 31 August and to turn these into binding commitments by 18 September. The first upfront payments will have to be made no later than 9 October, the WHO said.“The facility is the critical mechanism for joint procurement and pooling risk across multiple vaccines so that whatever vaccine is proven to be safe and effective – all countries within the facility will be able to access them.

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COMMENTARY: Public health's share of the blame: US COVID-19 risk communication failures

Editor's Note: After 40+ years as a risk communication consultant, Dr. Sandman came out of retirement in January 2020 to try to help with pandemic risk communication. Following is an abridged form of a commentary published on his website Aug 4, 2020, with new material added.

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America's liquor laws are being shaken up by the coronavirus

(Photo by Alem Sánchez/Pexels)DETROIT, Mich. - The coronavirus is shaking up America's liquor laws.At least 33 states and the District of Columbia are temporarily allowing cocktails to-go during the pandemic. Only two -- Florida and Mississippi -- allowed them on a limited basis before coronavirus struck, according to the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.Struggling restaurants say it's a lifeline, letting them rehire bartenders, pay rent and reestablish relationships with customers.

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NY Attorney General investigating if Trump inflated assets

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at the White House on Aug. 13, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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Mallorca and Ibiza 'hit with second coronavirus wave' as new lockdown rules enforced

Mallorca and Ibiza are experiencing a second wave of coronavirus, according to health chiefs for the Balearic Islands.

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CDC drops 14-day self-quarantine recommendation

Many of the seats aboard an American Airlines flight from New Orleans to Charlotte, North Carolina are seen on May 15, 2020. (Chris Graythen/Getty Images)The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday dropped its recommendation for travelers to quarantine for 14 days upon returning from trips overseas or out of state during the coronavirus pandemic.The CDC updated its guidelines on its website.

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Lake County students return to class for face-to-face learning during COVID-19 pandemic

LAKE COUNTY, Fla. – Thousands of students returned to the classroom on Monday as the Lake County school district has put widespread changes in place due to the coronavirus pandemic.Karyn Roman is a freshman at South Lake High School and chose in-person learning to begin the year."This is like a circumstance that we haven't seen and so everyone is just trying to figure everything out and we don't know really know everything," she said.District leaders said about half of all students have opted to return to the classroom with the other half choosing one of three distance learning options."It's a typical first day, but not so typical in that we've got these four options all going on at once," communications officer Sherri Owens said.Owens said

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Ottawa Public Health reports 24 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa on Monday

OTTAWA -- Ottawa Public Health is reporting 24 new cases of COVID-19 in Ottawa.

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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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