This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by President Trump on Monday said he is considering scaling back steps to constrain the spread of the coronavirus in the next week or two because of concerns that the impact on the economy has become too severe.But loosening restrictions on social distancing and similar measures soon probably would require him to override the internal warnings of senior U.S. health officials,...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThis article is free to access.Why?The Washington Post is providing this news free to all readers as a public service.Follow this story and more by President Trump on Monday said he is considering scaling back steps to constrain the spread of the coronavirus in the next week or two because of concerns that the impact on the economy has become too severe.But loosening restrictions on social distancing and similar measures soon probably would require him to override the internal warnings of senior U.S. health officials,...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareHours before President Trump tested positive for the novel coronavirus and just one day before he was admitted to the hospital, he mingled with more than 200 people at his New Jersey golf club for a campaign fundraiser.Less than a week before that, he welcomed 150 political allies and religious leaders — including several who are now infected — to the White House to meet the jurist he has nominated to the Supreme Court.In between, the president met with dozens of aides without wearing a mask — even in close quarters and...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareHours before President Trump tested positive for the novel coronavirus and just one day before he was admitted to the hospital, he mingled with more than 200 people at his New Jersey golf club for a campaign fundraiser.Less than a week before that, he welcomed 150 political allies and religious leaders — including several who are now infected — to the White House to meet the jurist he has nominated to the Supreme Court.In between, the president met with dozens of aides without wearing a mask — even in close quarters and...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA White House effort to undermine Anthony S. Fauci has drawn rebukes from public health experts, scientists and mostly Democratic politicians, who argue it is dangerous for the Trump administration to disparage a highly respected government infectious-disease expert as the novel coronavirus continues to exact a heavy toll on the nation.The angry reaction occurred after The Washington Post published a story Saturday saying the relationship between President Trump and Fauci and that the two had not spoken since early...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA White House effort to undermine Anthony S. Fauci has drawn rebukes from public health experts, scientists and mostly Democratic politicians, who argue it is dangerous for the Trump administration to disparage a highly respected government infectious-disease expert as the novel coronavirus continues to exact a heavy toll on the nation.The angry reaction occurred after The Washington Post published a story Saturday saying the relationship between President Trump and Fauci and that the two had not spoken since early...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Department of Health and Human Services’ top communications official is going on medical leave, three days after urging President Trump’s supporters to prepare for an armed insurrection and accusing scientists in his own agency of “sedition,” HHS announced Wednesday.Michael Caputo, assistant secretary for public affairs at HHS, leveled the accusations and promoted other conspiracy theories in a Facebook Live event on Sunday.HHS said in a statement released early afternoon that Caputo would be on leave for the next 60...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Department of Health and Human Services’ top communications official is going on medical leave, three days after urging President Trump’s supporters to prepare for an armed insurrection and accusing scientists in his own agency of “sedition,” HHS announced Wednesday.Michael Caputo, assistant secretary for public affairs at HHS, leveled the accusations and promoted other conspiracy theories in a Facebook Live event on Sunday.HHS said in a statement released early afternoon that Caputo would be on leave for the next 60...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA letter sent by the top public health official attesting to Vice President Pence’s health and proclaiming him safe to is sparking outcry from public health experts.The letter was released Tuesday evening by the White House. It was sent by director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Marc Short, Pence’s chief of staff.In his three-paragraph letter, Redfield said he had a “detailed discussion” with Pence’s physician about the vice president’s possible exposure to “persons with COVID-19.” Based on the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA letter sent by the top public health official attesting to Vice President Pence’s health and proclaiming him safe to is sparking outcry from public health experts.The letter was released Tuesday evening by the White House. It was sent by director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to Marc Short, Pence’s chief of staff.In his three-paragraph letter, Redfield said he had a “detailed discussion” with Pence’s physician about the vice president’s possible exposure to “persons with COVID-19.” Based on the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTrump political appointees tried to silence a longtime top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she stressed the seriousness of the coronavirus, arguing her statements to a medical group contradicted those of top Trump administration officials, including Vice President Pence.In a June 30 email, , one of those appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services, excoriated , CDC principal deputy director, for remarks she made before the group affiliated with one of the nation’s leading...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareTrump political appointees tried to silence a longtime top official at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention after she stressed the seriousness of the coronavirus, arguing her statements to a medical group contradicted those of top Trump administration officials, including Vice President Pence.In a June 30 email, , one of those appointees at the Department of Health and Human Services, excoriated , CDC principal deputy director, for remarks she made before the group affiliated with one of the nation’s leading...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA week after a cluster of coronavirus cases emerged following a White House event, the Trump administration is now working on a limited basis with the federal government’s elite cadre of disease detectives to control further spread.Two epidemiologists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are assisting the White House in tracking down people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus, CDC spokesman Jason McDonald said Thursday. One epidemiologist has been detailed to the White House since March and the...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareA week after a cluster of coronavirus cases emerged following a White House event, the Trump administration is now working on a limited basis with the federal government’s elite cadre of disease detectives to control further spread.Two epidemiologists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are assisting the White House in tracking down people who may have been exposed to the coronavirus, CDC spokesman Jason McDonald said Thursday. One epidemiologist has been detailed to the White House since March and the...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFor months, Anthony S. Fauci has played a lead role in America’s coronavirus pandemic, as a diminutive, Brooklyn-accented narrator who has assessed the risk and issued increasingly blunt warnings as the nation’s response .But as the Trump administration has strayed from the advice of many of its scientists and public health experts, the White House has moved to sideline Fauci, scuttled some of his planned TV appearances and largely kept him out of the Oval Office for more than a month coronavirus infections surge in large...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFor months, Anthony S. Fauci has played a lead role in America’s coronavirus pandemic, as a diminutive, Brooklyn-accented narrator who has assessed the risk and issued increasingly blunt warnings as the nation’s response .But as the Trump administration has strayed from the advice of many of its scientists and public health experts, the White House has moved to sideline Fauci, scuttled some of his planned TV appearances and largely kept him out of the Oval Office for more than a month coronavirus infections surge in large...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFifty-seven former government scientists and public health officials of both parties and criticized the Trump administration for marginalizing science and expertise in its response.Officials from the Trump, Obama and George W. Bush administrations all signed the statement, underscoring the widespread concern over Trump’s response to a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 127,000 Americans so far. Much of the country has experienced a resurgence of covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, and for the first...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareFifty-seven former government scientists and public health officials of both parties and criticized the Trump administration for marginalizing science and expertise in its response.Officials from the Trump, Obama and George W. Bush administrations all signed the statement, underscoring the widespread concern over Trump’s response to a pandemic that has claimed the lives of more than 127,000 Americans so far. Much of the country has experienced a resurgence of covid-19, the disease caused by coronavirus, and for the first...WW…

This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Trump administration mishandled the initial distribution of the only approved coronavirus medication, delaying treatment to some critically ill patients with covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, according to nine current and former senior administration officials. remdesivir, was distributed in early May — in some cases to the wrong hospitals, to hospitals with no intensive care units and therefore no eligible patients, and to facilities without the needed refrigeration to store it, meaning some had to be...…This article was published more than 2 years agoCommentGift ShareThe Trump administration mishandled the initial distribution of the only approved coronavirus medication, delaying treatment to some critically ill patients with covid-19, the disease caused by the virus, according to nine current and former senior administration officials. remdesivir, was distributed in early May — in some cases to the wrong hospitals, to hospitals with no intensive care units and therefore no eligible patients, and to facilities without the needed refrigeration to store it, meaning some had to be...WW…