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And Mississippi is closing in on Florida to be the state with the most infections per capita. In one positive sign: the U.S. just reported the smallest daily case increase in over four weeks.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages focus on these pandemic issues and others.
Opinion writers weigh in on opening schools, testing, sports and other pandemic issues.
Singapore makes visitors wear electronic tracking tags, Berliners wants to party and the minks in Spain get coronavirus and scientists study why. Other news, too, from around the globe.
With COVID cases and deaths up in many states, media reports come from Florida, Illinois, Arkansas, Michigan and parts of the West.
State news from Rhode Island, Georgia, California, Texas and Louisiana.
Other health industry news on bonuses for executives, the Provider Relief Fund, cancer treatments, health insurers and more.
Also: Colorado tackles racism; homicides spike in large cities; Maine battles rabies outbreak; the anniversary of the El Paso, Texas, shooting; West Nile virus; and more.
Personal health issues are reported about Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. And the first person to receive a face transplant dies.
A NFL coach tests positive, and a few college players threaten to boycott games. But there is some good news: Drew Brees, the New Orleans Saints quarterback, has stopped licking his fingers.
Hundreds may have been exposed to those aboard the MS Roald Amundsen, officials say. In other public health news: a D.C. priest contracts COVID after preaching against it; Latinx communities suffer in the pandemic; the lack of health literacy; and more.
A broad survey of universities reveals that the coronavirus has already affected the institutions -- even before classes have resumed. The schools struggle with how to cope.
More schools report COVID cases and parents understandably fret. And President Trump's son's private school in Maryland remains closed.
The money comes from a $1.5 billion pot allocated to the NIH in April and is intended to add 6 million tests a year. Technology news is on antibody tests and more.
Scientists and public health officials worry that people have unrealistic views of how a coronavirus vaccine would roll out. Others wrestle with the question of who gets inoculated first. Other vaccine news covers income disparity, clinical trials and more.
COVID-19 patients recovered rapidly from respiratory failure after three days of treatment with RLF-100, or aviptadil, Reuters reports. Also in the news: CytoDyn, GoodRx and Catalyst.
While the economic damage of the COVID epidemic grows, the debate has resumed whether the country would be better off financially if it went on a brief, but intense, lockdown.
As predictions of a shortage of poll workers grow, adding to the anxiety of a well-run election in November, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said mail-in voting will be an essential option for Americans‘ safety.
The White House and congressional Democrats remain far apart on measures that should be included in the next round of coronavirus relief legislation as negotiations resume.
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