The USA has firm hold on No. 1 position in the COVID-19 pandemic
Younger adults are spreading the disease in Asia and elsewhere, and more science on why face coverings are a really good idea for everyone right now.
The World Health Organization notes an alarming increase in the number of younger people infected with COVID-19, as has been observed recently in Australia and the Philippines -- as well as a few college campuses that opened in the USA.
CNN reports that federal officials worry that vaccine developer Moderna, which is rushing to complete enrollment in its Phase 3 trial of its candidate COVID-19 vaccine by the end of September, has not enrolled enough minority subjectsinto its research.
Los Angeles is approaching the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn as the region with the largest number of COVID-19 deaths so far, with 5340, 5977 and 5639 deaths, respectively, according to the Johns Hopkins COVID-19 tracker.
Even with some movement in the right direction, the COVID-19 outbreak in the USA continues to eclipse every other nation. This Johns Hopkins chart makes it painfully clear:
Harvard's Daniel Solomon writes in this week's JAMA on the importance for healthcare providers to promote seasonal flu shots because of the overlap between flu and COVID-19 coming soon.
UCSF's Monica Gandhi explains why masks help both wearers and those around them. Recent research shows that if you breathe COVID-19 in via a face covering, you get less sick.