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June 22, 2020

In person, online classes or a mix: Colleges' fall 2020 coronavirus reopening plans, detailed
In person, online classes or a...
USA Today
As New York reopens, a $1000-per-cut hair salon has waitlist of 1,200
As New York reopens, a $1000-p...
Reuters
Spain to decide this week which non-European tourists can visit
Spain to decide this week whic...
Reuters
Saudi Arabia Announces This Year's Hajj Will Be 'Very Limited'
Saudi Arabia Announces This Ye...
Officials announce on Monday that this year's pilgrimage to Mecca will be restricted in size and limited to Saudi residents. In a typical year, millions of Muslims would make the journey.
NPR
Traffic jams signal return to normal in New York but COVID-19 cases jump elsewhere
Traffic jams signal return to ...
Reuters
No second wave of coronavirus: U.S. White House adviser Kudlow
No second wave of coronavirus:...
Reuters
How the Coronavirus Recovery Is Changing Cities
How the Coronavirus Recovery I...
Bloomberg
Mini organs reveal how the coronavirus ravages the body
Mini organs reveal how the cor...
The virus can damage lung, liver and kidney tissue grown in the lab, which might explain some severe COVID-19 complications in people.
Nature
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Washington Post
White House Defends Trump's Use Of Racist Term To Describe Coronavirus
White House Defends Trump's Us...
The president over the weekend used a racist term to describe the deadly coronavirus pandemic during a campaign rally, to cheers from those in the audience.
NPR
Young people in the US South and West are increasingly getting coronavirus
Young people in the US South a...
CNN
Covid-19 or migraine? Here’s how to tell and what to do about it
Covid-19 or migraine? Here’s h...
CNN
Initial COVID-19 infection rate may be 80 times greater than originally reported
Initial COVID-19 infection rat...
A new study from Penn State tracked excess influenza-like illness data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to estimate that the number of early COVID-19 cases in the U.S. may have been more than 80 times greater and doubled nearly twice as fast as originally believed.
PSU
California Hits New High In COVID-19 Hospitalizations
California Hits New High In CO...
Officials attribute at least part of the rise to a decline in social distancing as people venture out into the world again. The majority of new cases are in Southern California and the Central Valley.
NPR
Use of aerosolised medications at home for COVID-19
Use of aerosolised medications...
The Lancet
The Double Pandemic Of Social Isolation And COVID-19: Cross-Sector Policy Must Address Both
The Double Pandemic Of Social ...
Health Affairs
Going back in time for an antibody to fight COVID-19
Going back in time for an anti...
An antibody that neutralizes SARS-CoV-2.
Nature
Black Medicare Patients With COVID-19 Nearly 4 Times As Likely To End Up In Hospital
Black Medicare Patients With C...
An analysis of claims data shows stark racial disparities among Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with COVID-19.
NPR
California urges people to wear masks amid record Covid-19 hospitalizations
California urges people to wea...
More than 3,700 people hospitalized on Sunday in state, which has seen more than 178,000 cases and 5,500 deaths
The Guardian
Florida Passes 100,000 COVID-19 Cases
Florida Passes 100,000 COVID-1...
Florida is one of a handful of states that's seeing a surge of record daily high cases. The governor says the jump is because of increased testing for the coronavirus.
NPR
The Great Pause Was an Economic Revolution
The Great Pause Was an Economi...
Governments stopped the world in its tracks during the pandemic—and our relationship to the economy will never be the same again.
Foreign Policy
Steve Bannon’s COVID Podcast Is Being Distributed by a Convicted Crook
Steve Bannon’s COVID Podcast I...
The network that distributes “War Room: Pandemic” is run by Colorado-based Robert Sigg, who has a criminal background and has historically donated to Democratic candidates.
The Daily Beast
Graph shows stark difference in US and EU responses to Covid-19
Graph shows stark difference i...
CNN
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Washington Post
What happens when coronavirus and Lyme disease intersect? It's a scary time for patients
What happens when coronavirus ...
USA Today
Prominent Researchers Say a Widely Cited Study on Wearing Masks Is Badly Flawed
Prominent Researchers Say a Wi...
'Masks matter. So does good science. Let's do both.'
Reason
Man without mask shoves Walmart employee trying to enforce rule, video shows
Man without mask shoves Walmar...
The mask-less man shoves the Walmart employee several times, and even falling on the ground during one of his attempts.
Fox News
Mask shaming men won’t work. Here’s what will
Mask shaming men won’t work. H...
LA Times
Four potential consequences of wearing face masks we need to be wary of
Four potential consequences of...
The Conversation