COVID-19

In other international developments, case surges stretch health systems in Russia and Brazil, and France reports illnesses associated with recent school reopenings.

In other developments, some recently reopened states report increased cases, while automakers return to work and National Parks reopen.

Patients with COVID-19 outside of Wuhan, China, shed virus RNA for a median of 17 days.

Brazil is poised to become the next pandemic epicenter, with almost 10,000 new cases reported today.

Two options are decontaminating N95s or using elastomeric respirators.

One of the studies is the first published randomized controlled trial on the drug for COVID-19.

A major part of Operation Warp Speed will involve ramping up vaccine production.

The World Health Assembly gears up to meet virtually for the first time and will focus mainly on the pandemic.