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"Georgia is very much the poster child for what happens when leadership take a hands-off approach to managing a pandemic," Dr. Harry Heiman, a professor at Georgia State University's School of Public Health, told USA Today. News on California and New York cases is also in the news.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden said masks are key to protecting each other and getting back to normal: “It’s not about your rights. It’s about your responsibilities as an American.”
President Donald Trump admits he is withholding money from the U.S. Postal Service to impede efforts to expand mail-in ballots for voters concerned about polling place safety during the pandemic. The funds are also tied to the coronavirus relief bill negotiations. The day before that statement, Donald and Melania Trump requested just such ballots from Florida.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic priorities and other health issues.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Editorial pages focus on these pandemic topics and other health issues.
Global news reports come from New Zealand, Germany, Brazil, China, Spain, England, Mumbai, Mexico, France, Lebanon and other nations.
Meanwhile, college basketball teams consider using the NBA's "bubble" approach. In other news, collegiate runners fight back against body shaming and abuse.
Also in public health news: an album of children's music for kids who identify as transgender and nonbinary; disparities in childbirth complications for black mothers in New York; and rabies found at the Grand Canyon.
Counties that were more than 93% white reported the lowest rate of COVID-19 infections. Public health news is on one man's fearful account, dying young, megachurch gatherings, and more.
In other developments: a Florida sheriff bans masks for deputies; Illinois makes it a felony to assault a worker trying to enforce a mask requirement; an Arizona man has a tantrum; grocery workers say morale is extremely low; and more.
As school boards across the country struggle with reopening plans, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Indiana, Seattle and elsewhere offer some details. And a judge clears the way for the Education Department's new Title IX rule to take effect Friday.
Death rates are falling faster than new cases are arising, a new study finds. Also: racial bias in surgeries; and how your movement may determine whether you're a night owl.
Other health industry news is on Georgia's insurance exchange, jobs in the Houston health care sector and the fate of telemedicine.
Other pharmaceutical news is on orphan drugs, ALS trials, Theranos and more.
Scientists investigate COVID-19's mysteries such as how long antibodies protect, the range of longer-term damage to victims and why some infected people get sicker than others.
Large-scale testing is underway in parts of California and Oregon. Other news on vaccines is on concerns about effectiveness in people who are obese, kids missing routine vaccines and anti-vaxxers' social media campaigns.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services announced changes to how it determines which beneficiaries' artificial hearts Medicare will pay for.
Testing is declining, calling the numbers into question, according to a CNBC analysis. In related news, 30 current and former members of a federal advisory panel raise alarms about the integrity of COVID-19 data hospitals are now reporting to HHS instead of the CDC. News outlets report on the system's bumpy start.
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