"It isn't too late to turn it around. It isn't too late to get the infrastructure in place, to work on that and to use it appropriately," Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, head of the WHO's emerging diseases and zoonosis unit, said.
The 781,000 total deaths in the United States in the three months through May 30 were nearly 19% higher than what would normally be expected, the study said.
Covid-19 has prompted the cancellation of thousands of large fireworks displays to celebrate Independence Day. Without these attractions, more people than ever are setting off their own firework displays.
The road to recovery at Macy's is likely going to be a rocky one because of the coronavirus pandemic. The retailer warned Wednesday that sales are falling again in states such as Texas where Covid-19 cases are on the rise.
A potentially historic heat wave is expected to hit more than two-thirds of the continental U.S. in the first several weeks of July, according to the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center.
"States like Texas and Florida, they're falling behind on testing right now because the testing isn't evenly distributed across the country," former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said.
"We see a lot of problems and we particularly see problems revolving around people going back to bars and restaurants indoors," Mayor Bill de Blasio said.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is holding a news conference Wednesday as the state shows some caution around reopening amid outbreaks elsewhere in the U.S.
The New York Mets will still owe former MLB player Bobby Bonilla $19 million after Wednesday, including an additional $500,000 from a previous postponement.
Cases of positive and potentially a false positive coronavirus test result at the PGA Tour's Travelers Championship are raising questions about diagnostic testing.
Increased uncertainty in the jobs market, caused by the economic downturn from the coronavirus pandemic, makes re-entering education to boost your employment opportunities all the more appealing.
An experimental Covid-19 vaccine being developed by the drug giant Pfizer and the biotech firm BioNTech spurred immune responses in healthy patients, but also caused fever and other side effects, especially at higher doses, STAT News reports.