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July 10, 2020

How Many Teachers Are at Risk of Serious Illness If Infected with Coronavirus?
How Many Teachers Are at Risk ...
As the nation continues to struggle to contain the spread of coronavirus, there is considerable debate about when and how to reopen schools. This analysis finds that one in four teachers (24%, or about 1.47 million people), have a condition that puts them at higher risk of serious illness from coronavirus.
KFF
Cities — try to predict superspreading hotspots for COVID-19
Cities — try to predict supers...
Tracking how people move around urban areas can pinpoint where disease might transmit fastest and farthest.
Nature
All the hospitals are full': In Houston, overwhelmed ICUs leave COVID-19 patients waiting in ER
All the hospitals are full': I...
Officials in Houston warn of a potential replay of what happened in New York in the spring, when thousands of people died as hospitals struggled to keep up.
NBC
WHO advance team heads to China to set up probe into coronavirus origin
WHO advance team heads to Chin...
Reuters
Coronavirus media coverage must avoid the mistakes of the Aids pandemic in Africa
Coronavirus media coverage mus...
The Conversation
Pathologist found blood clots in ‘almost every organ’ during autopsies on Covid-19 patients
Pathologist found blood clots ...
CNN
How talking about the coronavirus as an enemy combatant can backfire
How talking about the coronavi...
The Conversation
Gov. Greg Abbott warns if spread of COVID-19 doesn’t slow, “the next step would have to be a lockdown”
Gov. Greg Abbott warns if spre...
Abbott has repeated that warning multiple times in local television interviews this week.
Texas Tribune
Lockdown broke my baby': As Meghan Markle admits her fears for Archie, mums tell FEMAIL how no socialising left their children and 'anxious and tearful' - but experts insist the impact can be reversed
Lockdown broke my baby': As Me...
Speaking to FEMAIL, five women shared their stories of how lockdown has impacted their children, all of whom are under the age of two, after Meghan Markle's comments.
Daily Mail
Man cuts through fence to escape New Zealand Covid-19 quarantine and visit liquor store
Man cuts through fence to esca...
CNN
Quarantine tents set up outside school in Walker County
Quarantine tents set up outsid...
Large, dark green tents with signs on them saying 'quarantine room' were spotted by several people. A company set up the tents outside the old Walker County high school Friday. RELATED: More coronavirus news from ABC 33/40. The tent display was meant to show off the company's product. There was no actual quarantine, according to a spokesperson with the City of Jasper.
ABC
Anthony Fauci: ‘We are living in the perfect storm’
Anthony Fauci: ‘We are living ...
The straight-talking scientist on keeping the peace with Trump and the hunt for a Covid-19 vaccine
Financial Times
As Texas’ only physician in Congress, Republican Michael Burgess defends Fauci as ‘thorough,' ‘respected'
As Texas’ only physician in Co...
WASHINGTON — In the course of a professional relationship that’s spanned more than 20 years, North Texas Rep. Michael Burgess admits that he’s had his fair...
Dallas News
DeSantis breaks with Fauci, says Florida didn’t rush reopening
DeSantis breaks with Fauci, sa...
The Hill
It’s Time, Dr. Fauci
It’s Time, Dr. Fauci...
New York Times
Nevada tightens restrictions again as COVID hospitalizations 'spike'
Nevada tightens restrictions a...
'Continued increase' in coronavirus hospitalizations sees governor put bars and restaurants back under tougher rules.
CBS
Continued unemployment boosts will help recovery more than new stimulus checks, economists say
Continued unemployment boosts ...
As coronavirus cases surge across the U.S., 'it's not that lots of folks who have jobs to go back to are choosing not to go,' says Harvard economics professor Raj Chetty, 'but there's no work to do.'
CNBC
‘Pleading’ from aides led to Trump agreeing – after months – to wear a mask
‘Pleading’ from aides led to T...
CNN
13 states now report coronavirus testing issues, in echo of early troubles
13 states now report coronavir...
13 states now report coronavirus testing issues, in echo of early troubles
ABC
Ohio lawmaker Candice Keller shops without a mask in Butler County, posts about it: 'Be brave.'
Ohio lawmaker Candice Keller s...
Cincinatti
More evidence emerges that a TB vaccine might help fight coronavirus
More evidence emerges that a T...
CNN
Bail Out the Bars
Bail Out the Bars...
They're uniquely dangerous for spreading the coronavirus. We need to pay to keep them closed.
Slate
Coronavirus COVID-19 Update: FDA prepares for resumption of domestic inspections with new risk assessment system
Coronavirus COVID-19 Update: F...
FDA prepares for resumption of domestic inspections with new system
FDA
Churches Were Eager to Reopen. Now They Are a Major Source of Coronavirus Cases.
Churches Were Eager to Reopen....
New York Times
Nation's Pediatricians Walk Back Support For In-Person School
Nation's Pediatricians Walk Ba...
In a new statement made jointly with teachers unions, the American Academy of Pediatrics now says 'science and community circumstances must guide decision-making.'
NPR
COVID-19 can be transmitted in the womb, reports pediatric infectious disease journal
COVID-19 can be transmitted in...
Science Daily
Coronavirus pandemic prompts record drop in global emissions, study finds
Coronavirus pandemic prompts r...
Lockdowns, travel bans and factory closures drive 4.6% reduction but dramatic decline falls short of efforts needed to limit global heating
The Guardian
‘It Was Like a Time Bomb’: How ICE Helped Spread the Coronavirus
‘It Was Like a Time Bomb’: How...
New York Times
“Give Me Liberty, And Give Me Death!” What the anti-mask messages really say | Milwaukee Independent
“Give Me Liberty, And Give Me ...
Milwaukee Independent
Trump undercuts health experts — again — in schools debate
Trump undercuts health experts...
As COVID-19 surges across the nation, the president is at odds with the government’s top health professionals.
Tampa Bay Times
14 Tweets That Sum Up The Stupidity Of 'Mask-Holes'
14 Tweets That Sum Up The Stup...
Twitter is filled with content about people who won't wear face masks because they basically just don't seem to give a sh*t about their fellow humans.
Scary Mommy
A COVID-19 vaccine may come soon. Will the blistering pace backfire?
A COVID-19 vaccine may come so...
Speed is essential, but not at the expense of safety and efficacy, experts warn. Sacrificing either could damage public trust.
Science News