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WASHINGTON — When Dr. Sean P. Conley stepped in front of the cameras at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday, he delivered a briefing that seemed intended less to inform the American public than to satisfy the public relations demands of a famous and famously demanding patient — …

WASHINGTON — President Trump’s recent suggestion that the White House may not approve stricter criteria for the emergency authorization of any coronavirus vaccine is causing growing angst within the biotech industry, whose trade organization is calling on the Department of Health and Human Services to quickly publish the guidelines and make …

WASHINGTON — President Trump, like many men in their 70s, has mild heart disease. He takes a statin drug to treat high cholesterol and aspirin to prevent heart attacks. And at 244 pounds in a health summary released in June, he has crossed the line into obesity. All of that, …

Here’s what you need to know: Trump suggests that the F.D.A.’s new vaccine approval plans may be driven by politics. Israel will tighten its national lockdown as infection rates soar. The ranks of jobless workers in the U.S. seeking aid rose last week. England finally releases a contact-tracing app. Fears …

This briefing has ended. Read live coronavirus updates here. Here’s what you need to know: Thousands attend a Trump rally indoors as others ask why he played down the virus threat. Scientists are alarmed by companies’ secrecy around vaccine clinical trials. A refugee camp in Greece on virus lockdown was …

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Sunday issued a far-reaching executive order aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs, but the pharmaceutical industry immediately denounced it and experts said it was unclear whether the White House could carry it out. The order belatedly makes good on — and expands upon …

This briefing has ended. Click here for the latest updates. Here’s what you need to know: Trump appointees at the Health and Human Services Department have meddled in the C.D.C.’s weekly disease reports. Michigan State students are asked to quarantine for two weeks as more campuses confront virus complications. AstraZeneca’s …

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday blocked an effort by the Trump administration to erase protections for transgender patients against discrimination by doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies, dealing a blow to the broader legal reasoning it has used to try to roll back transgender rights across the government. …

Here’s what you need to know: At 5 million cases, the U.S. has passed another coronavirus milestone. With Congress at an impasse, Trump signs actions for another round of economic aid. Universities make reopening plans, and parents see tough choices no matter what. Motorcycles fill the streets of Sturgis, S.D., …