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News outlets investigate tactics employed by law enforcement during recent protests of racism and police violence. Calls for reform by protesters and lawmakers are also reported.
The decision from NIH is just the latest to signal that hydroxychloroquine, the drug President Donald Trump touted as a “game changer,” doesn’t work for COVID-19 patients. Meanwhile, scientists urge caution on a promising steroid treatment.
Feds Now Say They’ll Disclose Names of Businesses That Received PPP Loans
In other economic news: Coronavirus pushing up debt levels; Black workers losing out on job gains; and studies suggest expansion of federal aid is helping to stem a rise in poverty.
A decision on Louisiana’s admitting privileges law could come as early as Monday and all eyes are on Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts.
The Washington Post and ProPublica report on stories of how U.S. efforts to test for the coronavirus have been hampered by bad equipment that yielded false results. Meanwhile, other testing questions persist, such as, who pays? News outlets report on other tracking and test developments.
Vaccines Don’t Always Work The Same In Older Patients, Adding An Extra Layer Of Complexity
Scientists are worried a vaccine will be developed and work best in younger people–who are far less vulnerable to COVID than seniors are. Other vaccine news focuses on the global development race.
COVID Patients Are Lucrative For Nursing Homes. So They’re Kicking Out Other Residents To Make Room.
Nursing homes are being offered financial incentives to take on COVID patients, but it might be backfiring for other residents who are being cleared out to make room. Nursing home officials, however, insist that the evictions are warranted. Other nursing homes news comes out of West Virginia, New York, Georgia and Michigan.
Lawmakers Struggle To Agree On Solutions To Pandemic’s Threat To Voters And Election
The Associated Press looks at how basic access to the ballot is at the core of debates over steps that could be taken to facilitate safe and fair elections during the pandemic. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump continues to rail against expanding mail-in voting. In other election news, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden evolves when it comes to LGBTQ rights.
Tyson revealed that 481 employees across its northwest Arkansas facilities have tested positive for COVID-19 this month. The outbreak has prompted China to halt poultry imports from the Springdale, Arkansas plant.
“In most disasters, the vast majority of people do well,” said Dr. Steven Southwick, a professor of psychiatry at Yale who has worked with survivors after numerous cataclysms, including mass shootings. “Very few people understand how resilient they really are until faced with extraordinary circumstances. In fact, one of our first jobs in these situations is to call attention to just that.” In other public health news: summer and sleep-away camps; gyms and sports; a socially distant Father’s Day; and more.
Prisons have long struggled with overcrowding, but the coronavius is casting a harsh spotlight on the problem.
States Continue To See Record High Number Of Cases As Leaders Hold Steady On Reopening Plans
Media outlets take a look at how the pandemic looks in states across the country, including the dozen or so that are seeing record highs in cases.
White House ‘Filling The Stockpile’ In Anticipation Of Another Virus Wave In The Fall
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro says the Trump administration is preparing for an additional wave of coronavirus infections. Meanwhile public health experts warn that the nation is still in the “first wave” of the pandemic.
Italy Was Once The Nightmare Scenario For United States. Now The Roles Have Reversed.
“I would rather spend this summer in Rome with my family than in Phoenix,” Ashish Jha, head of Harvard’s Global Health Institute, tells Politico. Meanwhile, WHO reports the largest single-day increase of the outbreak, with many of the new cases coming from the Americas. Media outlets report on news from China, Italy, Nordic countries, South Sudan, Africa, Iraq, India and more.
Joking Or Not, Trump’s ‘Slow The Testing Down’ Statement Stands Out From Tulsa Rally
Echoing previous statements on U.S. testing efforts, President Donald Trump told an audience in Tulsa, Oklahoma Saturday night, “When you do testing to that extent, you’re going to find more people, you’re going to find more cases. So I said to my people, ‘Slow the testing down, please.’” As critics of the administration’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic jumped on the president’s words, White House advisers insisted Trump was joking during a light moment of the campaign rally.
Opinion writers and editorials focus on issues related to COVID-19.
Sunday Saw Biggest Single-Day Rise In COVID-19 Cases, WHO Reports
Nearly half of the states are reporting a rise in new cases, and some continue to break records in their daily number of cases.
Opinion writers focus on health topics such as police violence, abortion, fatherhood, dietary guidelines and more.
Today’s early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Car-T Cells Might Hold The Secret To The Fountain Of Youth
In mice, they can eliminate the cells partly responsible for many diseases of aging, researchers report. In other news: hemophilia gene therapy and concerns over AbbVie-Allergan merger.
