NPR's Rachel Martin talks to Dr. Glenn Hurst, a rural primary care physician in Minden, Iowa, and a medical director at several nursing homes, about the spike in coronavirus cases in the state.
More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the United States. The staggering milestone was reached only six days after the U.S. hit 10 million cases.
There is no sign COVID-19 cases are slowing. Texas is the first state to have more than a million coronavirus cases. Plus, fighting in Ethiopia's conflict appears to have crossed into Eritrea.
More than 11 million confirmed coronavirus cases have been recorded in the U.S., according Johns Hopkins University. The country recorded 166,555 new cases in the last day and 1,266 new deaths.
Texas recently surpassed a million confirmed coronavirus cases — the most in the United States. Nowhere is the surge more acute than in El Paso, which is being hammered by soaring cases and deaths.
A new report from the University of Texas at Austin found that nearly 75% of those who died did not have a life sentence. The study's lead researchers says the virus has had a "devastating toll."
The pandemic pushed many South Africans out of work. Some grabbed land and put up shacks. There's a community called "Covid" — and even "Sanitizer." The Anti-Land Invasion Unit aims to tear them down.
NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Vivek Murthy, former U.S. Surgeon General and now co-chair of President-elect Joe Biden's coronavirus task force.