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Much of the decision is grounded in precedent that has been widely repudiated, and it also runs counter to similar rulings and the reasoning of the country’s chief justice, John Roberts.

Top Trump administration health officials testified Wednesday that a vaccine for COVID-19 is not likely to be widely available until next spring or summer, and stressed the importance of wearing a mask in the fight against the coronavirus.

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, President Trump and industry officials have talked a lot about the need to ramp up domestic manufacturing of critical protective gear. But six months on, there are still shortages of all kinds of PPE, like N95 respirator masks, while face shields are easy to find.

The Big Ten conference is setting up a cardiac registry to study the effects COVID-19 has on athletes’ hearts.

After canceling spring football, limiting and sometimes pausing offseason workouts, shutting down full-contact practices and eventually postponing the season, the league’s 14 university presidents and chancellors have given teams five weeks to accomplish what typically takes months — getting into football shape by late October for the start of a most unusual season.

Michael Caputo, the top spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services and a longtime Trump ally, is taking a 60-day leave of absence after a social media tirade in which he falsely accused government scientists of engaging in “sedition.”