The entire U.S. intelligence community agrees: The coronavirus is not manmade. But that may not be good enough for the president.
The Capitol’s attending physician warned that there will only be enough tests to screen staffers and lawmakers who are ill when the Senate gavels back in on May 4, raising concerns about how the chamber will safely operate.
About half of the Senate is 65 or older, POLITICO’s Burgess Everett and Marianne LeVine report. Yet even those who do get tested will need to wait at least two or more days for their results — a contrast to the White House, which tests Trump and Vice President Mike Pence weekly using rapid tests.wants to bring the House back into session in mid-May, POLITICO’s Heather Caygle reports, after concerns from the Capitol physician prompted her to abruptly scrap plans for an earlier return.
There could be signs of activity before that, though: A House Appropriations subcommittee has invited top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci to testify in person next week.Top health officials seized on evidence that Gilead’s experimental drug could be an effective coronavirus treatment. But there are still
about how remdesivir might work, and what it really means for a nation eager for signs of concrete progress in fighting the disease, POLITICO’s Zachary Brennan and Sarah Owermohle report.The study touted by the Trump administration revealed a 31 percent faster time to recovery than those receiving the placebo, but suggestions that remdesivir lowered the odds of death were so small you’d need to treat 28 patients with the drug to save one life.
Rubber stoppers are placed onto filled vials of the investigational drug remdesivir at a Gilead manufacturing site. | AP Photo | Gilead Sciences via APThe pandemic has caused the global economy to stall and has triggered economic crises in varying forms around the world. So, what happens next? Join Global Translations author Ryan Heath next Thursday at 1 p.m.
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