David GrimmScience’s COVID-19 reporting is supported by the Pulitzer Center and the Heising-Simons Foundation.Last month, the first U.S.
dog to definitively test positive for COVID-19 died in New York City. The canine—a German shepherd named Buddy—likely had lymphoma, but the case served as a reminder that pets, too, are at risk.Now, COVID-19 cases are surging in some areas of the United States, including in places that had largely escaped the virus in the spring, and some countries around the world are grappling with renewed outbreaks.