Sixty-four percent of all rural counties in the U.S. do not have a COVID-19 testing site, according to a recent analysis.
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There are more Americans concerned about their communities reopening prematurely than there were two weeks ago, a new Axios-Ipsos Coronavirus Index poll shows.
COVID-19 cases are surging in many parts of the South, West and Midwest, though areas of the Northeast are reopening after experiencing drastic declines.
COVID-19 cases have increased in 26 states over the past two weeks, according to The New York Times.
Texas Children's Hospital in Houston is admitting adult patients to help expand capacity for the state's surging number of COVID-19 patients, according to TV station KHOU.
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Nationwide, nearly 80 percent of U.S. adults supported stay-at-home orders and nonessential business closures in early May, a new CDC survey shows.
Florida is the latest state to surpass 100,000 COVID-19 cases, joining six others, NPR reports.
After the global number of new COVID-19 cases hit a daily high, a World Health Organization official refuted claims that the rise is due to an increase in testing.
Five U.S. regions contributed to a national increase in positive COVID-19 tests the week ending June 13, according to the CDC's weekly COVIDView report.
Knowledge of COVID-19 varies based on the sex, age and race/ethnicity of people living in the U.S., a study published in JAMA Network Open found.