Workers build an emergency field hospital in New York City’s Central Park for COVID-19 patients. By Science News StaffScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center.America is first, and not in a good way.
Last week, the United States set a grim record, surpassing all other nations in the reported number of people infected with the coronavirus that causes COVID-19.
As of this morning, officials have documented nearly 190,000; the death toll neared 4100. Even President Donald Trump—who just 1 month ago claimed the virus was “very much under control”—has warned that the pandemic is about to get much worse.To limit the damage, Trump announced on 29 March that federal recommendations to practice physical distancing would