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Biden advisers to meet vaccine firms as Trump stalls handoff

November 15, 2020 at 1:08 p.m.

Joe Biden's scientific advisers will meet with vaccine makers in coming days as the presidential transition remains stalled because of President Donald Trump's refusal to acknowledge that he lost the...

Biden has room on health care, though limited by Congress

November 13, 2020 at 9:58 a.m.

President-elect Joe Biden is unlikely to get sweeping health care changes through a closely divided Congress, but there’s a menu of narrower actions he can choose from to make a...

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COVID-19 cases surge four-fold in nursing homes in states where pandemic is worsening

November 8, 2020 at 9:54 a.m.

Despite Trump administration efforts to erect a protective shield around nursing homes, coronavirus cases are surging within facilities in states hard hit by the latest onslaught of COVID-19.

FILE – In this Sept. 28, 2020, file photo, Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, holds a swab manufactured by Puritan Medical Products as he talks about a new COVID-19 test during a event with President Donald Trump about coronavirus testing in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. A multi-state coronavirus surge in the countdown to Election Day has exposed a clear split between President Donald Trump’s bullish embrace of a return to normalcy and urgent public warnings from the government’s top health officials. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

On coronavirus, Trump and health advisers go their separate ways

October 30, 2020 at 8:12 a.m.

A multi-state coronavirus surge in the countdown to Election Day has exposed a clear split between President Donald Trump's bullish embrace of a return to normalcy and urgent public warnings...

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden answers a question as President Donald Trump listens during the second and final presidential debate Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020, at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)

FACT CHECK: Examining falsehoods and fumbles in the final 2020 presidential debate

October 23, 2020 at 8:50 a.m.

The facts took a hit right out of the gate Thursday night.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., questions Supreme ...

AP FACT CHECK: Lindsey Graham revises history on Obamacare

October 13, 2020 at 1:13 p.m.

The senator leading Supreme Court confirmation hearings Tuesday launched into revisionist history on 鈥淥bamacare,鈥� implying it was designed to help Democratic states like California, New York and Massachusetts while doling...

President Donald Trump speaks during a ...

AP FACT CHECK: Trump鈥檚 dubious claims on health care, court

September 28, 2020 at 7:29 a.m.

President Donald Trump isn鈥檛 providing all the facts when he promises that people with preexisting medical problems will always be covered by health insurance if 鈥淥bamacare鈥� is ruled unconstitutional.

President Donald Trump delivers remarks on healthcare at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump promotes health care “vision” but gaps remain

September 24, 2020 at 8:31 p.m.

More than three-and-a-half years into his presidency and 40 days from an election, President Donald Trump on Thursday launched what aides termed a “vision” for health care heavy on unfulfilled...

U.S. experts vow “no cutting corners” as coronavirus vaccine tests expand

September 23, 2020 at 3:43 p.m.

A huge international study of a COVID-19 vaccine that aims to work with just one dose is getting underway as top U.S. health officials sought Wednesday to assure a skeptical...

President Trump disputes health officials, sees mass vaccinations soon

September 16, 2020 at 5:46 p.m.

Openly contradicting the government's top health experts, President Donald Trump predicted on Wednesday that a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus could be ready as early as next month...

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