The Hill (6/16, Hellmann) reports that around “1.7 billion people have at least one underlying health condition that puts them at increased risk for serious COVID-19 illness if infected, according to a study published this week in the Lancet medical journal.” That finding “translates to 22 percent of the global population having at least one of 11 health conditions, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, that puts them at increased risk for serious health outcomes if they contract COVID-19.” At-risk individuals include “5 percent of people under the age of 20, and more than 66 percent of those 70 and older.”The Washington Post (6/15, Sun) reports that “people with underlying medical conditions such as heart disease and diabetes were.