At least 81,321 people in the United States are now known to have become infected with the coronavirus including more than 1,000 deaths. This makes the nation the world leader in confirmed coronavirus cases.

The news comes as two noteworthy stories were published today in Science Magazine. One is focused on the accelerating effort to locate COVID-19 treatments.. The other article is an editorial from Seth Berkley, Who is the chief executive officer of the Gavi Vaccine Alliance in Geneva, Switzerland. It’s titled COVID-19 needs a Manhattan Project | Science