A person's genes and blood type may help determine their odds for a nastier form of COVID-19, should they get infected with the new coronavirus, a new genetics study finds. What you need to know:
In the meantime, states such as Arizona, Florida and Texas are all seeing record-high one-day increases in new coronavirus cases after reopening over the past few weeks., on Tuesday, Florida reported 2,783 new cases, Texas 2,622 and Arizona 2,392. The trio of Sun Belt states are among 20 that have seen upticks in cases over the past two weeks.
Concerns are also mounting over hospital bed capacity in states seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases. But according to the, Texas Governor Greg Abbott believes his state's hospitals still have lots of capacity, even with 2,519 people hospitalized with the illness., Governor Andrew Cuomo on Sunday warned that a return to lockdown for his state was possible.
In other news, the U.S. government's supply of remdesivir, a drug known to shorten the course of COVID-19, will run out at the end of the month, Dr. Robert Kadlec, a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services official, toldThe government's last shipment of the drug will go out the week of June 29. Gilead Sciences, the company that makes remdesivir, is ramping up to make more, but it's unclear how much will be available this summer.
He added that it's clear that"whatever the supply may be, there may not be enough for everyone who may need it."Meanwhile, the search for an effective vaccine goes on. The HHS said in late May that it would provide up to $1.2 billion to the drug company AstraZeneca to develop a potential coronavirus vaccine from Oxford University, in England.
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