The prospect of hitting businesses with new testing costs as many struggle to staff back up could harden opposition to Biden's plan, and hamper the president's latest push to end the pandemic.
This weekend, a federal appeals court in Louisiana temporarily blocked the Biden administration's new rule that millions of private sector workers get a COVID-19 vaccine, or get tested weekly. The rule has led more than two dozen states to file multiple legal challenges.
NSF Staff — In another grim milestone, more than 60,000 Florida residents have died of COVID-19, according to a report issued by the state Department of Health.
Richard Soliz developed multiple blood clots on his lungs after catching the coronavirus this summer, and the staff at the Seattle hospital where he was being treated told him they were concerned one might move to his heart or brain.
"Certainly things are going in the right direction with the diminution of cases, hospitalizations and deaths," Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical advisor to the president for COVID-19, told NPR's Mary Louise Kelly. "The steepness of the deflection is not as good as it was, let's say, a month or so ago ... it's down to a lower number."