Forbes - The Virus Is Still Here

Plus: 200+ people with mink Covid-19 in Denmark

As America draws closer to the end of the 2020 elections, Covid-19 cases have been skyrocketing. Although President Trump said that the pandemic would be over by election day (more on that below), that clearly hasn’t happened. In fact, yesterday the U.S. broke the daily Covid-19 record again, with more than 120,000 new infections recorded on Thursday. In an interesting twist, it seems like the areas that have been hit the worst by Covid-19 were regions that voted for President Trump, while regions that have done better in dealing with the pandemic were more likely to vote for Vice President Joe Biden. 

Business

Unemployment fell to 6.9% in October, a huge improvement over last spring. But experts say more stimulus money is still needed for a full economic recovery. 

CVS Health has a new female CEO, Karen Lynch, who will help coordinate the drugstore chain’s pandemic response. 

Chaos from the Covid-19 pandemic is leading to more money laundering and match-fixing in professional sports.

Science & Health

A new study finds that pregnant people with Covid-19 are more likely to have preterm births. 

A medical journal preprint looks at why obesity is one of the major risk factors for severe Covid-19 symptoms. 

Firefighters and EMS in New York City were 15 times more likely to have Covid-19 compared to the general public. 

Here’s everything you need to know about the new swine flu that was recently detected in Canada. 

On The Upside

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