The Hill: Biden seeks to use the bully pulpit he has on COVID-19 “President-elect Joe Biden is wasting no time in using his bully pulpit to push public health measures, like mask wearing and physical distancing, that public health experts say will work best to combat the rapid spread of…

AP: U.S.: WHO not sharing enough info about China virus probe “A senior U.S. government official complained Tuesday that the World Health Organization has not shared enough information about its planned mission to China to investigate the animal origins of the coronavirus. Garrett Grisby of the U.S. Department of Health…

Washington Post: The U.S. has absolutely no control over the coronavirus. China is on top of the tiniest risks. “The announcement by Chinese officials was as striking as it was alarming. After spending weeks investigating a mysterious coronavirus outbreak in the port city of Qingdao, officials from China’s Center of…

AP: Ukraine’s president tests positive for COVID-19 (11/10). AP: As virus spikes, Europe runs low on ICU beds, hospital staff (Hinnant et al., 11/10). AP: Hard-hit Belgium sees light at the end of virus tunnel (Petrequin, 11/9). AP: U.N.: Pandemic threatens Latin America’s next generation (Smith, 11/9). Borgen Magazine: A…

NPR: COVID-19 Cases Top 50 Million Globally, U.S. Nears 10 Million “More than 50 million COVID-19 cases have been recorded around the world as of Sunday, according to the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S., India, and Brazil are three countries with the most cases and account for nearly…

The Conversation: COVID-19 drug and vaccine patents are putting profit before people Ronald Labonte, professor and distinguished research chair for Globalization and Health Equity at the University of Ottawa, and Mira Johri, professeure titulaire at École de santé publique at the Université de Montréal (11/5). The Conversation: As the malaria…

CIDRAP News: Global COVID total passes 48 million; Greece locks down “As the global total topped 48 million, Greece became the latest country in Europe to announce a lockdown and cases surged to new single-day highs in a number of other countries in the region…” (Schnirring, 11/5). CNBC: Doctors share…

New York Times: One Day in America: More Than 121,000 Coronavirus Cases “…The coronavirus is surging out of control across the country, and more than 121,000 cases were reported on Thursday, more new cases than on any other day of the pandemic. In 43 states, new infections are climbing steadily…

AP: North Denmark in lockdown over mutated virus in mink farms “More than a quarter million Danes went into lockdown Friday in a northern region of the country where a mutated variation of the coronavirus has infected minks being farmed for their fur, leading to an order to kill millions…

The Atlantic: A Dreadful New Peak for the American Pandemic “The United States reported 103,087 cases of COVID-19 [on Wednesday], the highest single-day total on record, according to the COVID Tracking Project at The Atlantic. It marks the first time that the country — or any country in the world,…