Is this the fifth COVID-19 wave? Experts fear we may simply come to call it 'winter'

For the first time in two months, COVID-19 case counts and deaths are rising again in most U.S. states, especially in the northern tier and Rocky Mountains, according to a USA TODAY analysis of Johns Hopkins University data.

Does this mean a fifth wave of the pandemic is cresting?

With a virus this new to humanity it's impossible to say, said Dr. Susan Kline, a professor of infectious diseases at the University of Minnesota medical school. 

"It is just too early to predict this right now. This is only the second year we have...