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Coronavirus Special Report: NIH reveals new antibody drug trial to combat COVID-19 https://www.rollcall.com/podcasts/cq-on-congress/coronavirus-special-report-nih-reveals-new-antibody-drug-trial-to-combat-covid-19/

There’s no national testing strategy for coronavirus. These states banded together to make one. https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/coronavirus-state-testing-compact/2020/08/04/8b73bed8-d66f-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html

Migrants at ICE detention centers are sitting ducks because of an inhumane policy https://wapo.st/3i39Cq0?tid=ss_tw

There’s not much good news about kids and coronavirus https://www.axios.com/children-coronavirus-community-spread-ec749389-9873-4a95-9ab1-de87c3c0cd98.html?utm_campaign=organic&utm_medium=socialshare&utm_source=twitter

Study: Despite PPE, Health Care Workers 3 Times More Likely Than Public To Get COVID https://khn.org/MTE0NzQ5OA

Regulatory Changes to Medicare in Response to COVID-19 https://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2020/aug/regulatory-changes-medicare-response-covid-19#.Xym_Xtidd5E.twitter

Cases Swell In Midwest; Northeast Uptick Watched Carefully https://khn.org/MTE0NzQ4OA

Trump Disputes Birx's Assessment Of Outbreak's Dangerous Phase https://khn.org/MTE0NzQ4OQ

National Guard's Pandemic Aid To States Extended But At Higher Cost https://khn.org/MTE0NzQ5MQ

New Jersey Orders All Students To Wear Masks https://khn.org/MTE0NzUwMA

What's Going On Around The Globe https://khn.org/MTE0NzUwMw

Viewpoints: Lessons On Opening Classrooms; Pros, Cons Of Pre-Vaccine Treatments https://khn.org/MTE0NzU0Mg

The United States Is Reopening Many of the Wrong Schools https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/business/how-schools-reopen.html?smid=tw-share

Illinois launches $5 million mask awareness campaign, Pritzker opens door to fines for those who disregard rules https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pritzker-mask-campaign-20200803-x2lfhik7ozefnpdralvyxs3qfm-story.html

When Storms Collide: Evictions, COVID-19, And Health Equity | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200730.190964/full/#.XynLF5CkLTI.twitter

3.5 Million Social Needs Requests During COVID-19: What Can We Learn From 2-1-1? | Health Affairs https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200729.432088/full/#.XynLQJvJwOI.twitter

Politics

Biden Announces $280 Million Fall Ad Buy Across 15 States https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/us/politics/biden-campaign-advertising.html?smid=tw-share

‘I don’t know John Lewis’: Trump bashes deceased civil rights leader for skipping his inauguration https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/04/trump-john-lewis-axios-swan/

Trump Again Promises An ACA Replacement https://khn.org/MTE0NzUwNQ

Trump Threatens Mail-In Voting Executive Order https://khn.org/MTE0NzQ5MA

Protests live updates: House committee investigating DHS office that tracked journalists, protesters https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/04/protests-live-updates-house-committee-investigating-dhs-office-that-tracked-journalists-protesters/

Rent controls during a health catastrophe are a reasonable protection | COMMENTARY https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/editorial/bs-ed-0804-landlord-lawsuit-20200803-fuedlfv3krcu3adgd6p7rcsyfa-story.html

The Manhattan district attorney’s office suggested that President Donald Trump and his business were under investigation over bank and insurance fraud, according to court documents filed Monday. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/manhattan-da-cites-extensive-criminal-conduct-at-trump-organization-in-court-filing_n_5f284da7c5b6a34284be0eb8?ncid=engmodushpmg00000004

Census Cuts All Counting Efforts Short By A Month https://www.npr.org/2020/08/03/898548910/census-cut-short-a-month-rushes-to-finish-all-counting-efforts-by-sept-30?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social    

Anxieties about mail ballots on display in latest round of primaries, highlighting worries for fall https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/michigan-ballots-tangled-in-mail-delays-in-advance-of-tuesday-primary/2020/08/03/95c2039e-d5a8-11ea-9c3b-dfc394c03988_story.html

‘The kids will forget’: Custodians, housekeepers and other support staff brace for college reopenings https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/08/04/kids-will-forget-custodians-housekeepers-other-support-staff-brace-college-reopenings/

Finance

Bank of America joins other big banks in disclosing environmental effect of lending practices https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2020/08/03/bank-of-america-will-report-lending-and-emissions.html?ana=RSS

Social Security Benefits for Workers Turning 60 in 2020 Will Very Likely Drop Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic - Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/news/2020/07/30/488358/social-security-benefits-workers-turning-60-2020-will-likely-drop-due-coronavirus-pandemic/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=amprog_elq&utm_campaign=&utm_content=42566

Using Antitrust Law To Address the Market Power of Platform Monopolies - Center for American Progress https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2020/07/28/488201/using-antitrust-law-address-market-power-platform-monopolies/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=amprog_elq&utm_campaign=27&utm_content=42566   

How Amusement Parks, Sports Teams Are Trying To Play It Safe https://khn.org/MTE0NzU1OQ

Parsing Policies: Supplement Helped Unemployed And Economy; Lockdowns Didn't Cause Economy To Tank https://khn.org/MTE0NzcxMQ

Interest Rates Are Low, but Loans Are Harder to Get. Here’s Why. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/04/your-money/mortgage-loans-credit-cards-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share

Nursing home companies accused of misusing federal money received hundreds of millions of dollars in pandemic relief https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/04/nursing-home-companies-accused-misusing-federal-money-received-hundreds-millions-dollars-pandemic-relief/

Live updates: Trump says coronavirus ‘under control as much as you can control it.’ His experts disagree. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/04/coronavirus-covid-live-updates-us/     

BP built its business on oil and gas. Now climate change is taking it apart. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2020/08/04/bp-built-its-business-oil-gas-now-climate-change-is-taking-it-apart/  

5 Million Essential and Front-line Workers Get Health Coverage Through Medicaid https://www.cbpp.org/blog/5-million-essential-and-front-line-workers-get-health-coverage-through-medicaid

For the unemployed, rising grocery prices stretch budgets even more https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/04/grocery-prices-unemployed/  

Remote work really does mean longer days — and more meetings https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/08/04/remote-work-longer-days/  


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