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Health Headlines for September 30, 2020

You Paid For It: Hidden health taxes

CBS 6 Albany

If you get sick in New York State, you get taxed – the taxes are often described as assessments, making them hard to notice.

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COVID-19 cases rising among US children as schools reopen

Associated Press

Children of all ages now make up 10% of all U.S cases, up from 2% in April, the American Academy of Pediatrics reported.

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Warnings issued as virus cases rise in New York

The New York Times

Clusters of cases have emerged in Brooklyn and New York City’s northern suburbs, in areas with large Orthodox Jewish communities.

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CDC makes Thanksgiving recommendations amid coronavirus

Syracuse.com

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has ranked a number of popular Thanksgiving holiday activities according to their level of risk.

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Health care was first up in last night’s caustic presidential debate

The Washington Post

The candidates spent the first half hour tangling over the coronavirus pandemic, the Obamacare challenge before the Supreme Court, differences over expanding health insurance and abortion rights.

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Regeneron says its Covid antibody treatment reduces viral levels, improves symptoms

NBC News

The company says its experimental two-antibody cocktail reduced viral levels and improved symptoms in non-hospitalized patients with mild-to-moderate Covid-19.

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