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Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien tested positive for Covid-19

Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien tested positive for Covid-19 but the White House said his infection poses no risk to the president or Vice President Mike Pence.

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World's largest virus test gets underway in the U.S.

A trial for coronavirus vaccine researchers: Making sure black and Hispanic communities are included in studies

Without A Vaccine, Researchers Say, Herd Immunity May Never Be Achieved

As the coronavirus continues to spread rapidly throughout the U.S. and beyond, many are wondering: How on earth will this end? In an interview televised this week, President Trump reiterated his belief that sooner or later the virus will burn itself out. "I will be right eventually," the president told Fox News host Chris Wallace. "It's going to disappear, and I'll be right."

But scientists are increasingly of the view that this virus will not disappear. In interviews and correspondence with more than a dozen researchers around the world, NPR found that the vast majority believes the virus will persist at some level for a long time in places like the U.S. and Europe.

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Seven day averages for new coronavirus cases hit fresh highs in more than a dozen states

Description of how COVID-19 ravaged Florida as Governor sidelined scientists and followed Trump

Does Contact Tracing Work? South Korea shows it does.

Ex CDC Director criticizes lack of centralized information in countering COVID-19

COVID-19 antibodies may fade, but vaccine hopes have not

U.S. Coronavirus deaths are at the highest level in two months; Economy falters

Book Review COVID-19: "The Pandemic That Never Should Have Happened, and How to Stop the Next One "

Corporate Insiders Pocket $1 Billion in Rush for Coronavirus Vaccine

On June 26, a small South San Francisco company called Vaxart made a surprise announcement: A coronavirus vaccine it was working on had been selected by the U.S. government to be part of Operation Warp Speed, the flagship federal initiative to quickly develop drugs to combat Covid-19.

Vaxart’s shares soared. Company insiders, who weeks earlier had received stock options worth a few million dollars, saw the value of those awards increase sixfold. And a hedge fund that partly controlled the company walked away with more than $200 million in instant profits.

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James Dimon's Warning for the U.S. Economy and uncertainties ahead

  • The range of outcomes for the economy in the second half is incredibly wide: JPMorgan Chase sees no fewer than five different paths it can take.
  • The bank has gotten more pessimistic, seeing unemployment in its default “base” scenario hitting nearly 11% by the end of this year, 4.3% worse than when it made the same forecast in April.
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