Worldwide COVID-19 death toll tops 3 million
The global death toll from the coronavirus topped a staggering 3 million people Saturday amid repeated setbacks in the worldwide…
States with high mask-wearing saw lower COVID-19 infection rates in 2020, study finds
(UPI) — States that required residents to wear masks in public spaces during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic last…
Biden calls on states to keep mask mandates, pause reopenings
President Biden on Monday urged state and local officials to reconsider lifting coronavirus restrictions and to reinstate mask mandates that have lapsed as the…
CDC finds Covid-19 drove 15 percent spike in death rate
Last year was the deadliest in U.S. history, with Covid-19 helping to drive a 15 percent increase in deaths, according…
CDC releases long-awaited guidance on what is and isn’t safe after being fully vaccinated
People who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 can visit with small groups of other fully vaccinated people without masks…
Studies under way into whether third dose of coronavirus vaccine would help immunity
Studies are under way into how effective a third shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine could be in increasing the immune…
The U.S. surpasses 500,000 deaths from Covid-19. The toll is more than double the American loss in WWII.
Source: NBC News The U.S. death toll from the coronavirus topped 500,000 on Sunday, according to an NBC News tally — a milestone…
U.S life expectancy drops by one year in biggest decrease since World War II. Black and Hispanic Americans were hit hardest.
Source: NBC News Life expectancy fell by an entire year in the first half of 2020 as Covid-19 swept through the…
U.S. Economy Slows Sharply As Pandemic Resurges
Source: NPR The Commerce Department reported Thursday that the nation’s gross domestic product grew just under 1% in October, November and…
U.S. adds almost 4,400 more COVID-19 deaths, 182,000 new cases
Source: UPI Coronavirus deaths in the United States skyrocketed on Wednesday to nearly a new all-time high, with well over 4,000…
Biden to sign new orders to give states COVID-19 help, widen testing
Source: UPI President Joe Biden will sign several more orders on Thursday as he moves quickly to implement his administration’s response to the COVID-19 crisis…
Biden will not ease U.S. travel ban for Europe, Brazil travelers, official says
Source: UPI President-elect Joe Biden’s administration has signaled it will cancel a move by the Trump administration to lift COVID-19 travel bans to the…
US orders 100 million more coronavirus vaccine doses, Pfizer says
Source: The Hill The Trump administration has ordered another 100 million doses of Pfizer and BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine, Pfizer announced Wednesday.…
U.S. on cusp of COVID-19 vaccine as deaths surpass 3,000 in a day
Source: Reuters The United States prepared to roll out a coronavirus vaccine within days as the country’s daily death toll surpassed…
FDA review concludes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine provides strong protection
Source: Los Angeles Times The Food and Drug Administration has confirmed in an initial review that Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine…
Biden’s 100-day mask plan ‘a good idea,’ Trump’s vaccine chief says
Source: Politico The head of the Trump administration’s efforts to speed up a coronavirus vaccine on Sunday endorsed President-elect Joe Biden’s…
Long A Holdout From Covid-19 Restrictions, Sweden Ends Its Pandemic Experiment
Source: Wall Street Journal Like other Europeans, Swedes are now heading into the winter facing restrictions ranging from a ban on…
U.S. sets new record for Covid deaths, cases and hospitalizations
Source: NBC News The United States topped 14 million Covid-19 cases Wednesday just hours after recording the highest number of daily…
COVID outbreak reported on Oregon mink farm
Source: Associated Press An Oregon mink farm has reported an outbreak of COVID-19 among animals and staff. The Statesman Journal reports the farm…
CDC recommends Americans avoid traveling for Thanksgiving
Source: The Hill The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending people avoid traveling to see friends and family…