* The W.H.O. urges against naming diseases for geographic origins to avoid stigmatizing people.
* COVID-19 has killed more than 355 Americans 18 and younger. It has killed more than 450,000 people 65 and older.
* Roughly 63 percent of American adults have received at least one vaccine dose.
* Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi are the least vaccinated states—at around 35 percent.
* The U.S. economy added 559,000 jobs in May, as the unemployment rate dropped from 6.1 percent to 5.8 percent.
* Anheuser-Busch announced it will give away free beer if the country reaches President Biden’s goal of 70 percent of adults with at least one shot by July 4.
* At least a half dozen states have introduced some form of lottery with cash prizes for the newly vaccinated. In West Virginia residents can win pick ups and custom hunting rifles.
* Thanks to FEMA, Nevada has 28 pop-up vaccination clinics to ensure that people in far-flung, rural areas can get inoculated.
* The median pay package for a CEO at an S&P 500 company hit $12.7 million in 2020. That’s 5 percent more than the median pay for those CEOs in non-pandemic 2019.
* As of last week, 39 states and the District of Columbia had positivity rates below the 5 percent. Florida, at 4.1 percent, was among them.
* Courts statewide may drop mask and distancing requirements as of June 21. They must do so by Aug. 2.
* Polarizing pandemic: Dr. Anthony Fauci has a security detail because of ongoing threats.