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Gov. Gavin Newsom is considering closures in other counties, as well. News on California is about one family's struggle with COVID, difficult access to courts, tackling the budget, permitting reusable shopping bags, rising prison outbreaks, and a strain on Filipino nurses, as well.
The sudden rise in cases across Texas is drawing concerns and questions about the governor's policies as the state moved quickly to reopen.
Many companies are removing their ads from Facebook specifically, while others are halting them on all social media platforms.
Media outlets report on news from Georgia, Texas, California, Florida, Ohio, Arizona, North Carolina, Louisiana, Michigan, Vermont and Massachusetts.
States like Florida, Texas and Arizona play a key role in professional sports' effort to restart. But those are also the places where COVID-19 cases are surging. Meanwhile, motor racing and marathon organizers make decisions about upcoming events.
The pandemic has revealed many realities of nursing homes, including the vital role family still plays in a resident's care and well-being. As facilities attempt to reopen to visitors, the industry faces calls for major changes as well as legal action.
Students -- and local businesses -- nervously await word about whether colleges will open in the fall. News outlets also examine other ways schools have been disrupted by the pandemic.
Reports suggest that about two-thirds to three-quarters of coronavirus patients in ICUs have experienced hallucinations. Public health news is on mental health, conflicting messages, WHO's response, ABCs of the virus, risky public transit, airline travel, pulse oximeters and more.
News outlets report on the latest state of the global race for an effective vaccine.
In other news: gene therapy, small-fiber neuropathy, CRISPR, a mystery illness and more.
The pharmaceutical giant says the regulations keep Pfizer from helping seniors to pay for an expensive heart condition drug. In other pharmaceutical news, drugmakers are teaming up in a new $1 billion for-profit venture to invest in small antibiotic companies.
How doctors are coping with the coronavirus outbreak. Also, should you go to the dentist now? In other news: Noted sleep disorder researcher William Dement dies at 91.
Many Latino families were unable to shelter in place due to work requirements. Since Easter, the number of cases in Hispanic communities has skyrocketed. Meanwhile, Black doctors speak out on inequities entrenched in the health care system that have been laid bare by the pandemic. News outlets also explore how the protests against racial injustice are impacting activists and policymakers around the country.
"It's not an issue that's associated with Latinos in the same way that it's associated with African American men in particular, but it has been a real problem for the Latino community throughout the country, particularly in inner city neighborhoods of folks being profiled, folks being killed over the years," said Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) in an interview Sunday. Also: Images of police brutality may cause trauma; New York's top policeman discusses protests.
Both President Donald Trump's HHS secretary and Vice President Mike Pence called on Americans to act responsibly and wear masks even though some leaders do not follow the CDC's advice. News on masks looks at local, state and other countries' policies, a choir's negligence, politicians' calls for President Trump to wear a mask, and which masks rise to the top, as well.
The victim was a 27-year-old photographer. People in the crowd — who were at the park to protest police brutality — fired back at the gunman, who was wounded but survived.
In other LGBTQ-related news: Black trans women speak out; Pride parades; gay activist Kenneth Lewes dies.
Mississippi is the sole U.S. state to still feature the racially charged Confederate flag in its state flag. Lawmakers voted over the weekend to remove the controversial symbol and Gov. Tate Reeves (R) says he will sign the bill. And in another response to the growing national attention on racial issues in the U.S., Princeton University says it will remove Woodrow Wilson's name from its public policy school.
Alexis McGill Johnson has been serving as acting president since Leana Wen stepped down in 2019.
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), the author of a Republican police reform bill that Senate Democrats blocked last week, says he will meet with House Democrats who drafted their own legislation. Meanwhile, Congressional Black Caucus members look to seize the national moment. And Democratic party members call for more progressive changes than those backed by their presumptive presidential nominee.
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