Public Health

COVID-19 cases in the U.S. have surpassed 2 million, with 2,000,464 cases and 112,924 related deaths reported as of 8 a.m. CDT June 11. Worldwide, 7,403,713 cases and 417,174 deaths have been reported, while 3,484,672 people have recovered. 

As of 1 p.m. CDT June 10, more than 2 million people in the United States have been infected with the new coronavirus and at least 112,600 have died, a New York Times database shows.

Philadelphia city officials said that the city will fund efforts by the Black Doctors COVID-19 Consortium to provide free testing in neighborhoods hardest hit by the coronavirus pandemic, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. 

Nearly half of black Americans (49 percent) say they are very closely following news about the number of U.S. COVID-19 cases and deaths, higher than the 34 percent of white adults who said the same, a new survey shows.

A new study of younger adults in the U.S. military found nearly a fifth of individuals with COVID-19 are asymptomatic and reinforced the importance of social distancing measures, according to the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published June 9. 

Physicians are seeking to better understand how COVID-19 affects people with HIV through a new national research effort, according to STAT.

Though the protests that erupted after a black man died in police custody might result in spikes of COVID-19, some healthcare workers say that they are important, as racial disparities in healthcare is also a public health issue, according to…

The health officer of Orange County, Calif., resigned June 8 after receiving intense pushback for her order mandating that all residents must wear face coverings in public to help prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to the Los Angeles Times.

COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are nearing 2 million, with 1,979,971 cases and 112,006 related deaths reported as of 8 a.m. CDT June 10. Worldwide, 7,264,866 cases and 411,879 deaths have been reported, while 3,394,970 people have recovered.

Washington has the highest COVID-19 reproduction rate and Hawaii has the lowest, according to rt.live, a website that calculates the rate at which the virus is spreading in all 50 states.