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Article Summary: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, new suppliers have jumped into the market for surgical masks and some have touted FDA certificates that don’t have any regulatory meaning. By Sydney Lupkin, NPR, Jul… Read More

Article Summary: Regulators of a pharmacy board faulted four locations in Oklahoma, a rare action that followed complaints at drugstore chains across the country. By Ellen Gabler, The New York Times, Jul 16, 2020. In… Read More

Rebekah Jones, fired coronavirus data scientist, files whistleblower complaint By MARIO ARIZA, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN SENTINEL, JULY 17, 2020. Rebekah Jones, the Florida coronavirus data scientist who was fired in early May for alleged insubordination, has filed a whistleblower… Read More

By Christina Morales, The New York Times, Jun 29, 2020. The F.B.I. has issued a warning about scammers who advertise fraudulent Covid-19 antibody tests as a way to obtain personal information that can be used… Read More

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times, Jun 17, 2020. Unbeknown to most patients, their race is incorporated into numerous medical decision-making tools and formulas that doctors consult to decide treatment for a range of… Read More

By Jay Hancock, NPR, Apr 27, 2020. Karen Taylor had been coughing for weeks when she decided to see a doctor in early April. The number of COVID-19 cases had just exceeded 5,000 in Texas,… Read More

By Darius Tahir and Mohana Ravindranath, Politico, Apr 28, 2020. Apple and Google are building massive coronavirus tracking apps. Government officials are disclosing infections to the public and pitching “immunity passports” and gadgets that can… Read More

By  Judith Graham, KHN, Mar 30, 2020. A wrenching conflict is emerging as the COVID-19 virus storms through U.S. communities: Some patients are falling into a no man’s land between hospitals and nursing homes. Hospitals… Read More

By Noah Higgins-Dunn, CNBC, Mar 25, 2020. Consumers should beware of buying or using products that sellers claim will help diagnose, treat, cure or prevent COVID-19 as the coronavirus continues to sweep across the country,… Read More