A son is warning that short visits — even with precautions like testing and masks — can be unsafe during the COVID-19 pandemic, after his parents died of the virus following a quick visit with him and his sister. Joseph Bruno and his family, like most Americans, changed their habits this year to stay safe, […]
The United Kingdom tightened COVID-19 restrictions on Saturday due to a new, faster-spreading strain of the virus that experts say is moving through the commonwealth. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that London and other parts of Southeast England would move to the highest level of restrictions after England’s public health officials confirmed that a variant […]
On Dec. 14, the first Americans were vaccinated with Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a landmark moment as the country struggles to contain the ongoing pandemic. The first inoculation went to one of the people with the highest need — an ICU nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New York, one of the hospitals hardest […]
The first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine should go to healthcare workers and residents of long-term nursing homes, a panel at the Centers for Disease Control voted Tuesday. With a COVID-19 vaccine coming as soon as mid-December, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, an independent panel advising the CDC, voted 13 to 1 to recommend […]
An Ohio wedding with 83 guests has turned into a superspreader event after nearly half of the attendees — along with the bride and groom — tested positive for COVID-19. Mikayla and Anthony Bishop narrowed down their guest list from 200 to 85 people for their Cinicinnati-area wedding due to the pandemic. On their Oct. […]
As the U.S. deals with the largest increase in COVID-19 cases yet, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is urging residents of his state to continue following safety restrictions, bluntly saying the precautions are better than dying from the virus. At a press conference on Thursday, Murphy was asked what he would tell residents who are […]
Despite the good news regarding early testing of Pfizer Inc.’s coronavirus vaccine, leaders have stressed that it won’t be an immediate cure-all to the global pandemic or far-reaching health inequalities. On Monday, Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said in a statement that in a phase 3 study their potential COVID-19 vaccine was "found to be more […]
Small, indoor group gatherings are driving the current spike in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the U.S., said Centers for Disease Control Director Dr. Robert Redfield. As the weather cools down in most of the country, people are holding “small household gatherings” that are leading to an increase spread of COVID-19, Redfield said during […]
With more than 210,750 Americans dead from COVID-19 since March, the virus is killing people at an unprecedented rate, unlike any disease seen in over 100 years. Yet an incorrect belief, that COVID-19 is no more deadly than the seasonal flu, continues to circulate on social media, frequently driven by President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, […]
Flags on the Washington National Mall on Sept. 22, each representing 1,000 people killed from the virus. Photo: Chen Mengtong/China News Service via Getty Images The United States reported 55,054 new coronavirus cases on Friday, according to Johns Hopkins University data. Why it matters: It was the highest single-day increase since August 14, when the […]
