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After a late-hour attempted move, President Donald Trump cancels all Republican National Convention events slated for Jacksonville, Florida, as the coronavirus surge again disrupts his wishes for a big renominating celebration.
Remaining differences between the White House and Senate Republicans forced leadership to hold off on introducing their proposed $1 trillion coronavirus relief bill.
Also, the nation's top infectious diseases expert throws the first pitch at the Washington Nationals' first game.
Deeming it federal overreach, President Donald Trump is rolling back a Department of Housing and Urban Development regulation aimed at eliminating discriminatory housing based on race.
COVID is spreading quickly through South Africa, one of five countries currently being hit hard by the coronavirus.
Some officials point to signs that the sudden increase in coronavirus cases in the South are peaking, but public health officials suggest the pandemic is moving to other regions and infections could spiral further out of control. News outlets examine what the case numbers are showing about the track of the virus.
The United States is also back to April-level fatalities as more than 1,000 daily deaths were recorded consecutively.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Editorial pages focus on keys issues the government needs to address to help ease pandemic problems.
Editorial pages focus on masks, school openings and these other pandemic issues.
Other global developments are reported out of Hong Kong, Puerto Rico and the Czech Republic.
In other research news: the effects of gut microbes on malnourished children; and NIH's plan to launch a "flurry" of COVID-19 trials.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Not much good news from the states on the battle against the coronavirus. Reports from Florida, Massachusetts, Michigan, Iowa, Louisiana and Mississippi.
Reports on the coronavirus from Oregon, California, Nevada, Idaho and others states.
Georgia's largest school district and a number of D.C.-area districts announce online schooling for the fall, and Seattle appears headed in the same direction. Arizona's top education official suggests reopening plans should be based on data.
In some countries where COVID measures are in place, the flu has all but disappeared. Other public health news is on restrooms, food poisoning, mental health, child care, adjunct professors and one more way doctors and hospitals pad medical bills.
Drug overdoses hit a record high in 2019 in the U.S. and 2020 is on track to be even more grim. Wisconsin reports that opioid overdoses have more than doubled. And Kim Kardashian writes about husband Kanye West's mental health.
Many types of rashes have been seen in patients. More public health news is on partiers, workers, prisoners and more.
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