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Digital health has been thriving during the pandemic, as patients see alternatives to in-person care, but not every business will do well, according to experts.

Older people with underlying health conditions are most vulnerable to coronavirus and heat-related illness as a particularly blistering summer approaches.

Amazon's announced purchase of Zoox on Friday is just the beginning of its investment in a nascent technology that will cost billions more to bring to market.

The White House previously said Trump would visit New Jersey this weekend. Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered visitors to quarantine if they were in with large numbers of Covid-19 cases.

General Motors is seeking to vacate an order and remove a judge who called its racketeering lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler a "waste of time."

The request comes as the Trump administration and conservative allies in Congress seek to strip tech companies of a key liability shield.

Trump visited the Wisconsin manufacturing facility as polls showing him trailing Joe Biden in the key 2020 election state.

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Friday said the company will change its policies to prohibit hate speech in its advertisements.

Republicans in the Senate and White House oppose making Washington, D.C., the 51st state and giving its residents two senators.

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an effort by Texas Democrats to allow all voters in the state to vote by mail as a precaution against the spreading coronavirus pandemic.

"People are infecting other people and ultimately you will infect someone who's vulnerable," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said during a press briefing.

San Francisco Mayor London Breed said in a tweet Friday that the city will temporarily delay its planned reopening for Monday, which included nail salons, barbershops, outdoor bars.

"We're always busy in the summertime and what we're seeing now is a typical summer for us," Memorial Hermann Health System CEO Dr. David Callender told CNBC.

As of Thursday, the nation's seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases reached a record high of more than 33,000 cases, according to a CNBC analysis of Johns Hopkins University data.

Microsoft said the closing of its physical locations will "result in a pre-tax charge of approximately $450 million, or $0.05 per share," which it will record in the current quarter ending June 30.

Dr. Anthony Fauci said he personally is an advocate of "flooding the system with testing, so you really get a good handle about what is going on in the community."

Some states might have to consider shutting down businesses and implementing restrictions on movement again to keep the health-care system from getting overwhelmed, Fauci said.

Ro, which previously specialized in men's health, is now generating $250 million in annual revenue after expanding its product line.

While Trump had regularly held rallies throughout much of his first term, the campaign suspended them for months as the coronavirus took hold.

The Florida Department of Health also reported that 13.05% of all tests came back positive, up from 8.92% reported on Thursday.