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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) says the city is on track to move forward with reopening, but public health experts are watching anxiously as New Yorkers celebrate while flouting social distancing strategies and other safety measures.
Public health experts have been pleading with President Donald Trump to cancel or alter the rally, which they say has the potential to be a "super spreader" event. Trump’s campaign selected Tulsa in large part because the city is in Phase 3 of its reopening and many restrictions on daily life there have been lifted -- a seemingly perfect backdrop for the president's message that the country is recovering. New cases have since spiked though.
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic issues and others.
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Concerns mount for Black workers, restaurants, small businesses and charities. Meanwhile, The Wall Street Journal reports that pressure is building on the Trump administration to disclose the names of borrowers that received loans through the Paycheck Protection Program.
Amazon, which has been heavily criticized in recent months for its warehouse safety measures, will also try out monitors that superimpose circles over the workers so that it's easy to tell if they're maintaining distance from each other.
Aerosol droplets can carry the virus about 3 feet into the air, a new study shows. Those droplets could potentially be inhaled by the next person who uses that toilet or people in nearby stalls.
The main transmission route is close-up, person-to-person interactions for extended periods, and new research shows that people younger than 20 are half as susceptible to getting COVID-19. In other science news: determining your risk for testing positive; self-cleaning masks; killing the virus with UV light; how cattle might play a role in the pandemic; and more.
Colorado has largely avoided the spikes its neighbors in the West are seeing as they reopen. The state benefits from a young, healthy population, but a look at its strategy for reopening could offer a road map for success for other states. Other news is reported out of Oregon and Georgia, as well.
Senior facilities have been hit the hardest by COVID, forcing a 3-month long isolation for most residents. Now, things are easing up in some states where facilities are beginning to set standards for outdoor visits. News on nursing homes is from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan and Indiana, as well.
After a few high-profile missteps at the start of the outbreak, HHS Secretary Alex Azar and his agency took a back seat to the White House task force helmed by Drs. Deborah Birx and Anthony Fauci. But now as President Donald Trump locks eyes firmly on reopening, HHS is taking a larger role in handling the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, Fauci continues to warn about the surge in cases.
In an editorial in The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, Vice President Mike Pence blamed the news media for "sounding the alarm bells" about a second wave of coronavirus. On Monday, he argued that the surge is because of increased testing in the United States. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) called Pence's remarks "pathetic" and "reckless."
The state is set to appeal the decision, which applies to the July 14 runoff election and was hailed by the NAACP as a way to avoid the recent mayhem during Georgia's voting. News on elections is also from Rhode Island, about a new initiative from Facebook and warnings from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi about misinformation on social media.
Advocates and Democrats say President Donald Trump's executive order on police violence falls far short of what's needed to make actual changes to the system. The White House focused on police-backed ideas, such as a national misconduct database, and continued to insist the problems lie with a few officers rather than deeper issues. Congress is also taking steps to address reform, but the parties are on a collision course with their bills.
ProPublica dives deep into the complications of creating a coronavirus vaccine with the quickest turnaround ever attempted. Meanwhile, drugmakers have a shortage of containers to put it in.
Officials also said that they expect health insurers to cover the vaccine without any copays and that the administration plans to distribute a vaccine on a tiered system, prioritizing those who are most at risk of infection.
The total number of confirmed deaths in the U.S. hit 116,854 Tuesday, just passing the 116,516 American service members believed to have died in the first World War.
Mental health providers that Stat talked to said it's clear that low rates of mental health care after teens transition to adulthood presents a significant problem. Public health news is on research publishing, a video game to treat ADHD, and a less invasive neurological treatment, as well.
Tens of millions of Americans have lost jobs--and health care coverage--in recent months creating a crisis where patients who need care aren't going because they can't afford it. In other health industry news: charity care, health care worker job losses, new affiliations and inpatient rehab.
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