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Former Trump White House aide Alyssah Farah Griffen says she had to "work around" orders from other senior staff who wanted to limit TV appearances by Fauci and Birx during the early months of the pandemic.

Alyssa Farah Griffin told the Jan. 6 committee that Jared Kushner ruled that Biden's transition "absolutely not" be briefed on pandemic planning.

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Donald Trump never respected his former White House COVID-19 coordinator, Deborah Birx, who criticized his response to the pandemic, new book says.

More than a dozen books show how officials undercut one another to win president's approval.

"We cannot hide behind study protocols if we are not allowed to proceed," Dr. Mehmet Oz wrote in his email to Deborah Birx.

On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and Dr. Deborah Birx joined Margaret Brennan.

The following is the full transcript of an interview with Dr. Deborah Birx, former President Donald Trump's COVID-19 response coordinator, that aired Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022, on "Face the Nation."

Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, Rep. Mike Turner, Dr. Deborah Birx and more will appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" this Sunday.

Dr. Deborah Birx testified before a House subcommittee, saying unclear messaging in the early days of the pandemic resulted in inaction.

Virus Outbreaks Congress Former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx testifies before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on Thursday, June 23, 2022 in Washington. That was the assessment of Dr. Deborah Birx, who served as the COVID response coordinator under former President Donald Trump and testified for the first time Thursday before a House panel about her time in the Trump administration. Birx also said that Atlas's tenure “destroyed any cohesion in the response of the White House itself." The entire time, the policies were directly from Dr. Birx to the governors and that never changed," Atlas said. Atlas said his role at the White House was to bring information to the president and he was critical of what he called “Birx-Fauci lockdowns" that he described as a failure.

Dr. Deborah Birx says the lack of clear, concise and consistent message in the earliest months of its spread resulted in inaction across the federal government.

Birx will be the first former Trump official to publicly testify in front of the panel about the prior administration’s response, a panel spokesperson told The Post.

The former White House coronavirus official recalls using subversion and subterfuge to get the truth out.

White House chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci and his former colleague Deborah Birx are in rare public disagreement over their recollections of a tense meeting with then-Vice President Mike Pence. In her recent book, Birx, who served on the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, recalled a meeting with the vice president, Fauci and Robert Redfield,…

In Silent Invasion, Deborah Birx offers more detail and nuance than anyone else.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Dr. Deborah Birx, former President Donald Trump's COVID-19 response coordinator, that aired Sunday, May 1, 2022, on "Face the Nation."

U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power, Moderna Chief Medical Officer Dr. Paul Burton and more appear on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" this Sunday.

"Suddenly, this pandemic was not abstract to him, but very real and personal," Birx, who coordinated the White House's COVID response, wrote in her new book.

Colleagues told Dr. Deborah Birx to "focus on a distant point at the back of the room and think of other things" to avoid embarrassing Trump.

“We have called every day for countries to take urgent and aggressive action. “All countries can still change the course of this pandemic. U.S. stocks wiped out more than all the gains from a huge rally a day earlier as Wall Street continued to reel. WHO officials said they thought long and hard about labeling the crisis a pandemic — defined as sustained outbreaks in multiple regions of the world. Iran’s semiofficial Fars news agency said they include Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri.

-Books-Dr. Deborah Birx FILE - White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx holds her face mask as she speaks during a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing in Washington on July 8, 2020. Birx has a memoir coming out this spring titled “Silent Invasion: The Untold Story of The Trump Administration, COVID-19, and Preventing the Next Pandemic Before It’s Too Late." It will center on her contentious time as White House coronavirus task force coordinator in the administration of President Donald Trump. In February 2020, then-Vice President Mike Pence appointed her the White House coronavirus response coordinator. “And inside the White House is a person that is basically wanting community spread to increase.“Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.

Former White House health official Dr. Deborah Birx has a memoir coming out this spring.

Birx warned that the Trump White House's approach to COVID-19 would contribute to an "unacceptable death toll," especially among people of color.

Trump "neglected the pandemic response" to "promote the Big Lie" of a stolen election, per a report by the House Oversight Committee.

“Our intention was certainly to get the public’s attention," said CDC expert Dr. Nancy Messonnier, who said she was reprimanded for doing so.

The memo, exclusively obtained by Fox News, provides “key takeaways” from Birx’s committee testimony to Republicans and gives fresh insight into the origins of the virus as well as the US government’s pandemic response.

WASHINGTON — (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that he intends to nominate Dr. John N. Nkengasong to coordinate the U.S. response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide. Nkengasong, a U.S. citizen born in Cameroon, would be the first person of African descent to hold the position. If confirmed, Nkengasong would become an ambassador-at-large at the State Department, overseeing the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR. Through PEPFAR, which was created by President George W. Bush in 2003, the U.S. has invested more than $85 billion in the global response to HIV/AIDS, the largest commitment by any nation to a single disease. The State Department credits the initiative with saving over 20 million lives and preventing millions of HIV infections.

Donald Trump wanted to send Americans who had Covid to Guantanamo Bay to stop them spreading the disease across the United States, a new book has claimed. In the early stages of the pandemic, it is alleged that Mr Trump suggested that Americans infected abroad should not be brought back home for care, but should instead be isolated at the military base in Cuba. “Don’t we have an island that we own?” the president reportedly asked officials assembled in the Situation Room in February 2020. “What

Deborah Birx reportedly called fighting the pandemic and Scott Atlas 'together' the 'hardest thing I've had to do'

CLAIM: Airlines recently met to discuss the risks and liability of carrying passengers vaccinated against COVID-19 since they could develop blood clots. THE FACTS: There’s no evidence that major airlines had a recent meeting to discuss the risks of transporting vaccinated passengers or that flying will trigger extremely rare blood clots associated with some COVID-19 vaccines, such as those manufactured by Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca. “Airlines are meeting today to discuss the risks of carrying vaxed passengers due to the risk of clots and the liabilities involved,” the false post states.

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The Department of Health reported more than 10,000 new COVID-19 cases Monday, the highest since the pandemic hit the country. Fauci told CNN it seemed like the Trump virus team was “fighting with each other rather than fighting the virus.”AdIn his statement, Trump says “Dr. Texas has administered more than 10 million vaccine doses. Jared Polis has announced that residents over age 16 will be eligible for the coronavirus vaccine starting Friday. Ad___NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — Johnson & Johnson says it’s agreed to provide up to 400 million doses of its one-dose COVID-19 vaccine to African countries, starting this summer.

Alex Wong | Getty ImagesTuesday marked one year since President Donald Trump announced his administration's "15 days to slow the spread" campaign, asking Americans to stay home for about two weeks in an effort to contain the coronavirus. Trump asked people to stay home, avoid gathering in groups, forgo discretionary travel and stop eating in food courts and bars for the next 15 days. In one of her first public appearances since leaving her role in the White House, Birx said there were doctors "from credible universities who came to the White House with these opposite opinions." Other public health specialists weren't so forgiving of the White House's early response to the pandemic. Saskia Popescu, an epidemiologist and biodefense professor at George Mason University, said the "15 days to slow the spread" guidance demonstrated "a lack of awareness for managing outbreak response."

(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University issued a quarantine order for all of its undergraduates effective Saturday night due to a coronavirus outbreak caused by students who attended recruitment parties, the school said. The university said in a statement that all undergraduate students will be forced to stay-in-place until at least March 21. Suspension or dismissal from the school are potential punishments for “flagrant or repeat violators.”Over the past week, the school has reported more than 180 positive coronavirus cases among students. AdItaly has now tallied some 3.2 million cases in the pandemic. The COVAX alliance aims to share COVID-19 vaccines with more than 90 lower and middle-income nations.

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials are warning health professionals about the risk of false positive results with a widely used laboratory test for COVID-19 and flu. The Iowa Department of Public Health said Friday that Iowa has administered 1.03 million doses. The state health department sent a notice Thursday to the hospitals, pharmacies, clinics and other community providers of the coronavirus vaccine detailing the state’s expectations. AdBrazil has already secured contracts for 200 million vaccine doses, half made by AstraZeneca and half by Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinovac. It could use those mechanisms as well to expand eligibility___PRAGUE — The health authorities in the Czech Republic have administered over 1 million coronavirus vaccine shots.

Member of Biden's COVID-19 advisory board discusses Dr. Birx interview Dr. Deborah Birx gave an explosive interview to CBS' "Face the Nation" about the Trump administration's coronavirus pandemic response failures. Dr. Julie Morita, a member of President Biden's COVID-19 advisory board, joins CBSN to discuss what was said and how the new administration is tackling the ongoing crisis.

Fauci backs up Birx's claim Trump received "parallel data" on coronavirus President Biden is ramping up his coronavirus response by reimposing a travel ban on people coming to the U.S. from most European nations, Brazil and South Africa. This comes as Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx say former President Trump received "parallel data" from "opposing sources" in the White House on the pandemic. CBS News senior White House correspondent Ed O'Keefe joins CBSN with the latest.

Margaret Brennan reveals insights from her Dr. Birx interview "Face The Nation's" Margaret Brennan discusses her wide-ranging and revealing interview with former White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx.

Dr. Birx reveals details about the Trump administration's COVID-19 response Former White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx shares shocking revelations about the pandemic response during the Trump administration. Ed O'Keefe reports.

Washington — Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House coronavirus response coordinator under former President Donald Trump, revealed that she had no full-time team in the White House working on the response to COVID-19 under the former president. "There was no team, full-time team in the White House working on coronavirus," she told "Face the Nation," adding that she did ask for more staff. Pence, meanwhile, was also given no additional White House staff, and his existing team worked on the COVID-19 response. Birx stressed that for the new administration, having a team at the White House to respond to the ongoing pandemic "is going to be really, really important." By driving herself cross-country to meet face-to-face with governors, Birx said she could deliver her guidance and also understand why local leaders might be disregarding it.

Full interview: Dr. Deborah Birx on "Face the Nation" Former White House coronavirus response coordinator talks exclusively with "Face the Nation" in her first interview since leaving the Trump task force.

"Facing Forward": Former FDA Commissioner Scott Scott Gottlieb transcriptMARGARET BRENNAN: For his thoughts on our interviews with both Dr. Fauci and Birx, we want to go to former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb. DR. GOTTLIEB: Right. DR. GOTTLIEB: --and summer will be relatively quiet with- with coronavirus and the risk will be to the fall. DR. GOTTLIEB: Right. MARGARET BRENNAN: Dr. Gottlieb, thank you very much, as always, for your analysis.

Deborah Birx, M.D., Former White House Coronavirus Response CoordinatorClick here to browse full transcripts of "Face the Nation." So, we just don't-- we don't know yet. AMBASSADOR DEBORAH BIRX: Because I have-- I've known him and I've known his wife for a very long time. AMBASSADOR DEBORAH BIRX: --hot spots of viral transmission and I remained negative because I followed the CDC guidelines. AMBASSADOR DEBORAH BIRX: I always feel like I could have done more, been more outspoken, maybe been more outspoken publicly-- publicly.

Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, speaks after a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Dr. Deborah Birx, the Trump White House coronavirus response coordinator, said in a CBS interview released on Sunday that Former President Donald Trump had been reviewing "parallel" data sets on the coronavirus pandemic from someone inside the administration. "I saw the president presenting graphs that I never made," Birx told Margaret Brennan on CBS News' "Face The Nation." "Someone inside was creating a parallel set of data and graphics that were shown to the president." More than 25 million people have been infected and at least 417,000 people have died in the U.S. since the pandemic began, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University.

At the same time, there were individuals — there was a single individual in the White House that had been calling me since January. DR. BIRX: Well, from the outside, everything looks very chaotic in the White House. It took awhile after I arrived in the White House to remove all of the ancillary data that was coming in. DR. BIRX: There was only one full-time person in the White House working on the coronavirus response. And most of the White House personnel are civil servants detailed there from their home agencies.

The following is a transcript of an interview with former White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx that aired Sunday, January 24, 2021, on "Face the Nation." At the same time there was a single individual in the White House that had been calling me since January. DR. BIRX: Well, from the outside, everything looks very chaotic in the White House. But did any of that prepare you for the politics you encountered here with this pandemic in this White House? DR. BIRX: You know, I don't know if that was as much as the dynamic as they were dealing with Republican legislatures and legislators.

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Dr. Deborah Birx on her time in the White House and pandemic politics In her first interview since leaving the White House, Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House coronavirus response coordinator, reflects on her time at the Trump White House, the politics of the pandemic and more.

1/24: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Deborah Birx This week on "Face the Nation," President Biden takes office and is immediately faced with overwhelming challenges. His first priority: COVID-19.

01/24: Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Deborah Birx This week on "Face the Nation," President Biden takes office and is immediately faced with overwhelming challenges. His first priority: COVID-19.

Washington — Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House coronavirus response coordinator under former President Donald Trump, revealed that she had no full-time team in the White House working on the response to COVID-19 under the former president. "There was no team, full-time team in the White House working on coronavirus," she told "Face the Nation," adding that she did ask for more staff. Pence, meanwhile, was also given no additional White House staff, and his existing team worked on the COVID-19 response. Birx stressed that for the new administration, having a team at the White House to respond to the ongoing pandemic "is going to be really, really important." By driving herself cross-country to meet face-to-face with governors, Birx said she could deliver her guidance and also understand why local leaders might be disregarding it.

Deborah Birx addresses COVID ventilator confusion Dr. Deborah Birx, former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator, walks through what she described as a "sentinel" event during her tenure on the task force.

The district has been at the center of a worsening coronavirus outbreak, with over 160 cases reported over the first three weeks in January. As of Sunday, Hong Kong has reported 10,086 cases of the coronavirus, with 169 deaths recorded. The nation of 26 million people has reported fewer than 30,000 virus cases and a little over 900 deaths. There have been 373,090 total virus cases and a death toll of 3,279 since the pandemic began, according to the health department. The U.S. accounts for roughly one of every four cases reported worldwide and one of every five deaths.

Birx, in an interview to air on Sunday's "Face the Nation," told moderator Margaret Brennan that National Guard troops "congruently living and eating maskless" are of greatest concern. "Right now, in the District of Columbia, there are National Guard troops here from every state in the union, probably, young individuals who are most likely to have asymptomatic infection if they do get infected. Birx, a former U.S. Army colonel, said the National Guard troops were "going to do their mission" regardless of the risk presented before them. Birx explained to Brennan later in their interview that any maskless gathering indoors is "not okay," but that Americans are going to make mistakes. She said the blowback for the gathering "tested" her and her family.

Dr. Deborah Birx, the former coordinator of the Trump White House's Coronavirus Task Force, says nothing in her four decades of public service prepared her for the chaotic Trump White House or the politically charged handling of the pandemic, telling "Face the Nation" she "always" considered quitting her post. Colleagues of mine that I had known for decades... decades in that one experience, because I was in the White House, decided that I had become this political person, even though they had known me forever. Birx explained to Brennan that it was clear at that point how the 2020 election was a factor in the task force's reduced communication about the deadly virus. She said she was "censored" by the White House, blocked for a time from doing national media, but insisted she never intentionally withheld information from the public herself. More of Birx's interview will air this Sunday on "Face the Nation" on CBS at 10:30 a.m. EST.

FILE - In this April 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)WASHINGTON – Dr. Deborah Birx, coordinator of the White House coronavirus response, said Tuesday she plans to retire, but is willing to first help President-elect Joe Biden's team with its coronavirus response as needed. Birx and White House officials did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A public servant since the Reagan administration, Birx has served as a U.S. Army physician and a globally recognized AIDS researcher. She was pulled away from her ambassadorial post as the U.S. global AIDS coordinator to help the task force in late February.

California is desperately searching for nurses, doctors and other medical staff, perhaps from overseas, to meet demands as the coronavirus surge pushes hospitals across the state to the breaking point. Hospitals in some states have enlisted retired nurses and students. Elected leaders and health officials across the U.S. are asking people to stay home for the holidays while also trying show the public that the COVID-19 vaccines trickling out to health care workers and nursing home residents are safe. California hospitals typically turn to staffing agencies during flu season, when they rely on travel nurses to meet patient care needs. It’s a sharp contrast from the spring, when health care providers from California flew to New York to help their overworked colleagues.

FILE - In this April 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. In addition, the children's other grandmother, who is 77, also regularly travels to the Potomac house and returns to her 92-year-old husband near Baltimore. They say wearing a mask has limited efficacy in an environment such as the White House, where few others use them. Birx said that she hasn't seen the other grandmother since the beginning of the pandemic and does not know how frequently she visits the Potomac house. Medical experts say public health officials such as Birx need to lead by example, including personal conduct that’s beyond reproach.

ORLANDO, Fla. – A White House Coronavirus Task Force report for Florida recommended stricter measures for stopping the virus including mask wearing at all times in public, increased physical distancing by reducing capacity or closing indoor spaces at restaurants and bars and limiting gatherings outside of immediate households. Ron DeSantis has ruled out further business restrictions or a mask mandate aimed at stopping the virus’ spread. The White House Coronavirus Task Force is chaired by Vice President Mike Pence, and Dr. Deborah Birx serves as its response coordinator. The Orlando Sentinel began requesting the reports in October, and the governor's office provided three reports after the newspaper involved its attorneys. Among all states, Florida had the 41st most new cases per 100,000 residents and the 33rd highest rate of positive cases, according to the Dec. 6 report.

FILE - In this April 22, 2020, file photo, President Donald Trump listens as Dr. Deborah Birx, White House coronavirus response coordinator, speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Less than 10 months later, as Trump’s time in office nears its end, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator’s reputation is frayed. And after serving every president since Ronald Reagan, her future in the incoming Joe Biden administration is uncertain. Biden has already appointed transition co-chair and Obama administration alumnus Jeffrey Zients to serve as White House coronavirus coordinator. Birx certainly had fans in Biden’s orbit before and immediately after she was tapped to serve as coronavirus coordinator in the Trump White House.

Virtually every state is reporting surges in cases and deaths. The virus is blamed for more than 285,000 deaths and 15 million confirmed infections in the United States. Southern California’s Riverside University Health System Medical Center went so far as to open an ICU in a storage room. The state is averaging more than 5,000 confirmed or suspected cases per day. That’s below the summer peak of 3,200 but more than double the most recent low point in mid-October.

Hong Kong on Wednesday reported an additional 100 cases, bringing its two-week total to 1,274. Hong Kong has reported a total of 7,075 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic, with 112 deaths. The Texas Department of State Health Services also said 9,028 people were hospitalized across the state. Since late November, the new daily cases have soared past 10,000 on several days, with 15,103 new cases reported Tuesday, according to state health officials. ___BOISE, Idaho — Idaho public health officials abruptly ended a meeting Tuesday evening after the Boise mayor and chief of police said intense anti-mask protests outside the health department building — as well as outside some health officials’ homes — were threatening public safety.

(AP Photo/Richard Vogel)With a COVID-19 vaccine perhaps just days away in the U.S., most of California headed into another lockdown Sunday because of the surging outbreak and top health officials warned Americans that this is no time to let their guard down. With the U.S. facing what could be a catastrophic winter, top government officials warned Americans anew to wear masks, practice social distancing and follow other basic measures — precautions that President Donald Trump and other members of the administration have often disdained. The new rules in the state of 40 million people prohibit residents from gathering with those outside their household. California health authorities imposed the order after ICU capacity fell below a 15% threshold in some regions. Current estimates project that a combined total of no more than 40 million doses will be available by the end of the year.

The virus, meanwhile, continues to surge in Hong Kong, with another 95 cases reported on Sunday, bringing the semi-autonomous Chinese city’s total to 6,897 with 112 deaths. ___RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina is reporting a new high of coronavirus cases for the second day in a row. Dr. Mandy Cohen said state officials were looking at what further actions could be taken to save lives in the state. ___ATHENS, Greece — Greek authorities announced Sunday that new daily coronavirus cases dropped below 1,000 for the first time since Oct. 26. ___WASHINGTON -- The head of the U.S. vaccine development effort said Sunday he believes the COVID-19 vaccine could have long-lasting effect once distributed.

The state expects to get enough doses of new coronavirus vaccines by the end of the year to inoculate more than 383,000 health care workers and long-term care facility residents, the state’s health director said Friday. Ned Lamont said nursing home residents, along with front-line health care workers, will get the first doses in his state. Laura Kelly said the state’s vaccine plan calls for the first shots to go to front-line health care workers with a high risk of coronavirus exposure, including workers in nursing homes, as well as nursing home residents. In Ohio, health care workers and others caring for COVID-19 patients and emergency medical responders will be first in line for the vaccine, Republican Gov. “We’re in a very dangerous situation and ... we can’t let our hospitals get to the point where health care is threatened,” DeWine said.

State health officials decline to identify which hospitals have expressed interest, but say there is need statewide. Hospitalizations have not yet reached their summer heights in Georgia, but beds are filling rapidly with COVID-19 cases. ___HARRISBURG, Pa. — States faced a deadline on Friday to place orders for the coronavirus vaccine as many reported record infections, hospitalizations and deaths. Ukraine, which is facing a rapid rise in coronavirus cases, tightened weekend restrictions last month but lifted them this week. ___ATLANTA — Vice President Mike Pence is trying to boost Americans’ confidence in the COVID-19 vaccines that are awaiting regulatory approval and distribution.

WASHINGTON – Three former presidents say they'd be willing to take a coronavirus vaccine publicly, once one becomes available, to encourage all Americans to get inoculated against a disease that has already killed more than 275,000 people nationwide. President Donald Trump was asked this summer if he would consider being the first to take the vaccine to send a message that it was safe. Vaccine trials excluded volunteers who had diagnosed infections — including those who had gotten treatment for the virus, which Trump had in October. “There’s been a great deal of challenge over the years of this growing concern of what I call ‘vaccine hesitancy,'" Redfield said. Biden told CNN during an interview Thursday that he too would be happy to get his vaccine publicly to encourage people to follow suit.

Dr. Deborah Birx says people also have to observe social distancing and wash their hands to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The number is second only to the 238 deaths reported Wednesday. Gary Herbert says Utah plans to prioritize front-line health care workers after it receives its first round of coronavirus vaccine doses. The number of new daily coronavirus cases reached 23,225 on Thursday, falling after three tiers of regional restrictions put in a month ago. ___WASHINGTON — Three former presidents say they’d publicly take a coronavirus vaccine, once one becomes available, to encourage all Americans to get inoculated.

WASHINGTON – Dr. Scott Atlas, a science adviser to President Donald Trump who was skeptical of measures to control the coronavirus outbreak, is leaving his White House post. A White House official confirmed that the Stanford University neuroradiologist, who had no formal experience in public health or infectious diseases, resigned at the end of his temporary government assignment. Atlas joined the White House this summer, where he clashed with top government scientists, including Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx, as he resisted stronger efforts to contain the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed more than 267,000 Americans. Just weeks ago on Twitter he responded to Michigan's latest virus restrictions by encouraging people to “rise up” against the state's policies. Atlas was hired as a “special government employee," which limited his service to government to 130 days in a calendar year — a deadline he reached this week.

North Dakota and South Dakota have the nation's worst rate of deaths per capita over the last 30 days. The rush of virus patients has dialed up the emotional and physical stress on hospital staff, even as they try to stay free from infections. “The devastation that I’m seeing from people is just so disheartening,” said Mike Henriksen, a South Dakota sports broadcaster who knew five people who died. North Dakota Gov. In South Dakota, Noem has cast doubt on whether wearing masks in public is effective, saying that she'll leave it up to the people to decide.

Newly confirmed infections per day are rising in 47 states, and deaths are up in 34. Health experts had warned that it was only a matter of time before deaths turned upward, given the record-breaking surge in cases engulfing the country. Deaths are a lagging indicator — that is, it generally takes a few weeks for people to sicken and die from the coronavirus. The virus is blamed for more than 8.6 million confirmed infections and over 225,000 deaths in the U.S., the highest such totals in the world. Deaths are still well below the U.S. peak of over 2,200 per day in late April.

(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)NEW DELHI — Authorities in India are reporting 36,470 newly confirmed coronavirus infections — that’s the lowest one-day tally in more than three months in a continuing downward trend. The case number reported Tuesday is the lowest since India had 35,065 newly confirmed infections on July 17. ___MADRID — Spain has reported 52,188 new coronavirus cases and 279 new confirmed deaths since Friday. ___ROME — Italy registered slightly more than 17,000 new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Monday. Italy’s total of known coronavirus infections during the pandemic now stands at 542,789.

Three additional deaths from the pandemic also were disclosed Friday by state health officials as fatalities from the pandemic surpassed 900. ___RENO, Nev. -- A recent spike in COVID-19 cases at the University of Nevada, Reno is prompting the school to suspend all in-class instruction effective Nov. 30. County officials previously required bars to cut indoor seating occupancy by half, close dance floors and discontinue live performances and entertainment. On Monday, Yellowstone County Health Officer John Felton announced case benchmarks that would lead to county health officials to limit the allowed capacity of bars, restaurants and churches to 25%. The measures include closing gyms and theaters after Ontario registered a record 939 coronavirus cases on Friday.

Sacred Heart University has converted a 34-room guest house at the former Connecticut headquarters of General Electric to quarantine students. The Air Force Academy sent 400 cadets to hotels to free up space on its Colorado base for quarantines. The university banned on-campus events for two weeks and the city of Tuscaloosa ordered bars closed amid concern about virus spread. More than 1,000 have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, with many more ordered into quarantine after exposure to COVID-positive students. He said its just going to be hard to do in dorms, frat houses or places where students congregate.

And even in people who eventually develop symptoms, it’s not clear exactly how soon after infection they can spread the virus. To reopen the economy, officials are emphasizing the availability of more virus tests. But they don’t know how much protection or how long it will last. “We need to be humble and modest that we don’t know everything.”Another hurdle: Dozens of antibody tests are being sold without proof that they work as promised. Among other things, scientists must prove the tests don’t confuse antibodies against another respiratory bug for COVID-19 protection.

ORLANDO, Fla. – The number of Florida coronavirus cases jumped by more than 100 in 24 hours for a new total of 563 Friday evening. Of all the Florida cases, 156 are travel related, 102 had contact with someone who tested positive, 90 had recently traveled in addition to having contact with another confirmed case and 215 are under investigation. Officials from the Seminole County Office of Emergency Management also claim that FDOH’s numbers are not updating quickly enough. Earlier Friday, at 11 a.m., Florida was at 520 cases and 10 deaths. Around 6 p.m. Friday the Florida Department of Health said there were 11 deaths from Coronavirus in Florida, the department of health corrected this number to 10 deaths around 10 p.m. on Friday.

The report looked at data from cases reported to the CDC in 49 states, the District of Columbia and three U.S. territories from Feb. 12 through March 16. According to the report, COVID-19 cases in the U.S. indicate that fatality was still highest in persons older than 85, followed by ages 65–84, 55-64 and lastly, those between 20–54 years old. However, the numbers show the rate of U.S. coronavirus cases requiring hospitalization was more widespread, regardless of age. U.S. COVID-19 cases by age requiring hospitalization or ICU stays. U.S. CDC data shows coronavirus cases in the U.S. doubled on March 15, growing by an average of 500 a day.