Is there a summer COVID-19 surge this year? Yep, it’s ramping up again

(NPR) Hantavirus. Ebola. West Nile. Measles. And, of course, cyclospora — that stomach parasite making people miserable across the country. Americans have plenty to worry about this summer.

But remember COVID-19? It may not be surprising that many people may have almost forgotten about COVID. Unfortunately, COVID hasn’t forgotten about us.

“We’re now in the midst of a growing summer surge of COVID here in the United States,” says Dr. John Brooks, an infectious disease…