With the nation's coronavirus death toll now exceeding 106,000 people and spikes in cases popping up in several states that have reopened, the Trump administration has demonstrated little desire to keep the focus on public health efforts. Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, recently went on the record to note how the White House Coronavirus Task Force infrequently meets now. "Certainly my meetings with the president have been dramatically decreased," Fauci said.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said the Phase 3 trial of Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine will begin in July and include study of 30,000 patients who will be as young as 18 and include elderly Americans as well.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Tuesday that the "number of new [coronavirus] cases walking in the door is at an all-time low." Cuomo said that the number of new coronavirus hospitalizations reported on June 1 was 154, which is the lowest number since the state started counting in mid-March.
Americans returning from China landed at U.S. airports by the thousands in early February, potential carriers of a deadly virus who had been diverted to a handful of cities for screening by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The technology was old, the data poor, the bureaucracy slow, the guidance confusing, the administration not in agreement. The coronavirus shook the world’s premier health agency, creating a loss of confidence and hampering the U.S. response to the crisis.
The patchwork system of well-being checks in some of Chicago's public and subsidized housing was not enough to prevent deaths in heartbreaking circumstances.