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As COVID-19 cases continue to spread in the United States and around the world, the country could gain a difficult title of sorts, according to reporting by Atlantic writer Ed Yong: The U.S. 

with the worst outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the industrialized world. Hospitals in some major cities are running low on protective equipment. Many are bracing for predicted peaks of patients.

Meanwhile, researchers and officials are racing to find solutions — like a treatment to help patients fight the virus and a possible vaccine to protect against infection.

On Thursday, host Kerri Miller spoke with Yong about his reporting on 

, how a lack of testing continues to affect U.S. efforts to curb the virus and what researchers will be looking for after the pandemic ends.

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The new coronavirus continues to spread and challenge hospitals and the global economy. We talk with a journalist about what researchers are predicting for the virus and its far-reaching effects on health care, the economy and our global psyche.

The new coronavirus continues to spread and challenge hospitals and the global economy. We talk with science journalist Ed Yong about what researchers are predicting for the virus and its far-reaching effects on health care, the economy and our global psyche.

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