The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking states to prepare for a limited rollout of a coronavirus vaccine as soon as October and November. Three different vaccines are currently in Phase 3 trials in the U.S. In other COVID-19 news, three new studies strongly support using inexpensive and widely available steroids to treat people who are seriously ill with the coronavirus.

 

by Korva Coleman, Jill Hudson and Suzette Lohmeyer First Up Hans Pennink/AP Here's what we're following today. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is asking states to prepare for a limited rollout of a coronavirus vaccine as soon as October and November. Three different vaccines are currently in Phase 3 trials in the U.S. In other COVID-19 news, three new studies strongly support using inexpensive and widely available steroids to treat people who are seriously ill with the coronavirus. Studies of steroids, including the generic drug dexamethasone, have found that they help reduce the immune system’s potentially lethal overreaction to an infection.  President Trump on Wednesday encouraged voters in North Carolina to vote twice — once by mail and once in person — during the November general election to purportedly double check that their initial vote was counted. Americans can only vote once per election. (CNN) There is growing outrage in Rochester, N.Y., following the release Wednesday of police body-camera footage of a Black man who died after being injured during his arrest last March. Daniel Prude, 41, was arrested in March after behaving erratically on a city street. Officers placed a protective hood over his head and Prude ultimately stopped breathing. He died a week later, and his death has been ruled a homicide.  More Americans support than oppose recent protests after the shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to a new NPR/Ipsos poll. But sharp divisions are emerging along racial and political lines. Two-thirds of Black respondents support the protests, compared to just over one-third of whites and less than half of Hispanics. Along party lines, three out of four Democrats say they support the protests, compared to fewer than one in ten Republicans. Newsletter continues after sponsor message Reporter's Notebook Nir Elias/AP It would have been unimaginable only weeks ago to see Israeli officials exit a Star of David-adorned jetliner in the United Arab Emirates and walk down a red carpet on the tarmac. But that's what happened Monday, marking a first for the countries after they agreed to establish diplomatic relations last month. NPR reporter Daniel Estrin accompanied Israeli officials on the historic flight, traveling from Tel Aviv to Abu Dhabi, UAE.  Today's Listen Paige Vickers for NPR You've signed up for classes, you've learned your way around the virtual course system — and now, you've got to make sure you survive all the way to graduation. Laptop or paper notes? Highlighter or flashcards? And does music help while studying? Here's how to study so that you remember what you've learned — without getting crushed by college stress. Plus: what to do if you do feel crushed.  Next year, the debt owed by the U.S. government will be larger than the overall American economy. That hasn’t happened since the end of World War II. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says federal spending this fiscal year has skyrocketed to 32% of the country’s gross domestic product as the government struggles to address the public health and economic costs of the coronavirus pandemic. Throwback Thursday Wikimedia Commons image How did hundreds of thousands of Jews crammed into the Warsaw ghetto stop a typhus outbreak from spreading in winter (when cases were expected to surge)? A new study suggests that public health measures such as social distancing, hygiene and food supplies to supplement the meager rations provided by the Nazis could have been responsible for the unexpected drop in typhus cases in the winter of 1941. Survivors say a keen awareness of mortality and a will to live were also factors.  Before You Go Jasper Savage/Amazon Studios The second season of Amazon Prime's The Boys is a wonderfully subversive, cynically entertaining piece of work, says NPR TV critic Eric Deggans. Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Seaver died from complications of dementia and COVID-19 on Monday. He was 75. Once Rookie of the Year, Seaver led the 1969 Mets to an improbable World Series championship.  Whatever happened to ... V Unbeatable, the dance troupe who came from the slums of Mumbai that won the top prize on America's Got Talent? The Dancing With the Stars cast 2020 has been revealed, and it includes none other than Tiger King star Carole Baskin. (Glamour) Follow The New Normal on Instagram! What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: dailynewsletter@npr.org Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can sign up here. Looking for more great content? Check out all of our newsletter offerings — including Music, Politics, Health and more!