July 08, 2020
Learning from the best: Evaluating Africa’s COVID-19 responses

Youssef Travaly and Aretha Mare share insights and opportunities from COVID-19 responses across Africa.
Brookings
Working parents are key to COVID-19 recovery

For working parents, the uncertainty surrounding child care and in-person instruction for school-aged children is unprecedented, with a cascading set of consequences on family life, education, and earnings.
Brookings
Why children and teens with symptoms should get a COVID-19 test, even if you think it’s ‘just a cough’
The Conversation
Gay sports bar Gym closes West Hollywood location due to COVID-19 pandemic
Gym Sportsbar is closing its West Hollywood location after a nearly 11-year run because of the pandemic.
Out Sports
This chart should be getting Trump’s attention

CNN
Trump threatens to cut funding for schools, slams CDC reopening guidelines as too tough and expensive

The threats came as the White House ramped up an administration-wide pressure campaign on schools to fully reopen this fall, despite the soaring rates of coronavirus infections around the country.
CNBC
Leaders like Trump fail if they cannot speak the truth and earn trust
The Conversation
Some Americans refused to wear masks during the 1918 pandemic. Here’s how it worked out.
The Hill
‘They Want To Put Chips Inside Us’: Kanye West Cites Debunked Anti-Vaccine Conspiracy Theories

The billionaire rapper says he’s serious about his bid for president, which appears to be based around a set of right-wing, evangelical views.
Forbes
Hospitals continue to bear the burden of the COVID-19 surge

The AHA is asking Congress for financial support with other relief in regulatory measures, the biggest being the use of telehealth.
Health Care Finance News
Trump administration begins formal withdrawal from World Health Organization

CNN
Summer camps close after Covid-19 outbreaks among campers and staff

CNN
‘A hot mess’: Americans face testing delays as virus surges

“We are several months into this,” said an Alabama minister. “How can it be that we can’t go in and get a test?”
Tampa Bay Times
Ohio State pauses all voluntary workouts following COVID-19 testing results

The Ohio State Department of Athletics announced Wednesday evening it has paused all voluntary workouts on campus following the results of its most recent COVID-19 testing of student-athletes. Ohio State said seven teams' workouts are affected by this pause: men's and women's basketball, field hockey, football, men's and women's soccer, and women's volleyball.
ABC 6
Brooks Brothers is permanently closing 51 stores as it enters bankruptcy during the pandemic. See which have shut down so far.
Brooks Brothers decided to close 51 stores before filing for bankruptcy. Some of them have already shuttered.
Business Insider
What happens if President Trump contracts COVID-19

John Hudak writes that the president contracting COVID-19 could lead to a few different scenarios: business as usual, the president invoking Section 3 of the 25th Amendment himself, or in the case of his sudden incapacitation, the vice president and Cabinet invoking Section 4.
Brookings
Grim projection: 200,000 dead by Election Day

Recent surge in infections and Trump policies prompt a serious reassessment by forecasters, who now see no end in sight for coronavirus crisis.
Politico
As Trump threatens funding cuts, NH school officials say reopening decisions will be made locally
WMUR




