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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Tuesday, August 18, 2020**

TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) outlines the regulatory landscape
and major policy considerations for the three key components of the
COVID-19
response-testing, therapeutics, and vaccines-in a four-part series
today on Health Affairs Blog.

And for more on COVID-19 vaccines and treatment, RSVP now
for a
Health Affairs symposium on August 24.

The FDA Response To COVID-19 At Six Months: Regulatory Innovation In The
Face Of A Pandemic

By Anand Shah and Stephen M. Hahn

We hope that chronicling and communicating FDA's actions to date will
spur conversation from stakeholders about what lessons the agency can
draw from the pandemic experience to support short- and long-term steps
to modernize regulatory policies, processes, and programs.
Read More >>

FDA Support For Expedited Access To COVID-19 Diagnostics

By Anand Shah, Jeffrey Shuren, and Stephen Hahn

The agency is committed to providing interactive regulatory support for
test design and collaborating with partners to share data for
performance validation to help expand access to accurate tests for
COVID-19. Read More >>

FDA Initiatives To Accelerate The Development Of COVID-19 Therapeutics

By Anand Shah, Kushal T. Kadakia, Peter W. Marks, Patrizia Cavazzoni,
and Stephen M. Hahn

As the medical and scientific community works to broaden the therapeutic
toolkit for COVID-19, FDA is committed to reviewing investigational
programs, policies, and partnerships with the aim of providing a clear
path forward for the rigorous development of new therapies for the
pandemic and possibly beyond.Read More >>

Ensuring The Safety And Efficacy Of A COVID-19 Vaccine

By Anand Shah, Peter W. Marks, and Stephen M. Hahn

Access to a safe and effective vaccine will be a critical component of
the public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The FDA is hopeful
that its proactive guidance on key issues such as trial design and
statistical considerations will provide regulatory clarity to sponsors
that are currently in the process of planning clinical trials. Read More
>>

FOLLOWING THE ACA

Court Vacates New 1557 Rule That Would Roll Back Antidiscrimination
Protections For LGBT Individuals

By Katie Keith

In the first of several coming rulings on the Trump administration's
new rule implementing the Affordable Care Act's primary
antidiscrimination provision, the court said that the government had
acted arbitrarily and capriciously in not revisiting its definition of
discrimination "on the basis of sex" after the Supreme Court
rejected that interpretation. Read More >>

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IN THE JOURNAL

RESEARCH ARTICLE: COVID-19

Community Use Of Face Masks And COVID-19: Evidence From A Natural
Experiment Of State Mandates In The US

By Wei Lyu and George L. Wehby

This landmark paper finds that face mask use possibly averted
230,000-450,000 cases of COVID-19 by May 22, 2020. Cited in more than
350 news stories and tweeted by thousands, it has been used by policy
makers in many US states as well as countries around the world in
support of face mask mandates. The peer-reviewed, unedited version of
the paper was previously released online as a Health Affairs Fast Track
Ahead-of-Print paper.
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Read More >>

Read the August 2020 Table of Contents
.

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**A CLOSER LOOK**-Telehealth

Reopening school during the current pandemic has many parents arguing
both for and against the idea. Regardless of the decision, the value of
telehealth for schools cannot be overlooked. In looking toward the
future of schools during COVID-19, reread this Narrative Matters article
from 2018 on how telehealth stopped a scabies outbreak
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