Jul 18 With pandemic worsening in US, surgeon general worried By Jay Reeves, Associated Press Noting that nearly all coronavirus deaths now are among the tens of millions of people who haven't received shots, despite widespread vaccine availability, Dr. Vivek Murthy painted an unsettling picture of what the future could hold. Continue reading
Jul 18 In U-turn, UK’s Johnson to quarantine after COVID-19 contact By Jill Lawless, Associated Press British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will spend 10 days self-isolating after contact with a confirmed coronavirus case, his office said Sunday — reversing an earlier announcement that he would not have to quarantine. Continue reading
Jul 17 France: Thousands protest against vaccination, COVID passes By Constantin Gouvy, Associated Press In Paris, separate protest marches by the far-right and the far-left wound through different parts of the city. Demonstrations were also held in Strasbourg in the east, Lille in the north, Montpellier in the south and elsewhere. Continue reading
Jul 17 Watch 6:34 COVID-19 update: the delta variant, school openings and more By PBS NewsHour The COVID-19 delta variant has been surging worldwide and in certain areas of the U.S. What will this mean for school openings, and for children not yet eligible for vaccines? And how are vaccine efforts going in America? ProPublica reporter… Continue watching
Jul 16 U.S. to send first vaccine doses to Africa in coming days By Zeke Miller, Matthew Lee, Associated Press The shipments come as part of an initial supply of 80 million doses that President Joe Biden had pledged to send out by the end of June, though deliveries were slowed by regulatory and logistical hurdles. Continue reading
Jul 16 ‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’ burdens busy U.S. hospitals By Heather Hollingsworth, Josh Funk, Associated Press With the highly contagious delta variant spreading rapidly across the country, cases in the U.S. are up about 70% over the last week, hospital admissions are up about 36% and deaths rose by 26%, according to the Centers for Disease… Continue reading
Jul 16 WATCH: Biden says virus disinformation is ‘killing people’ By Associated Press, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden said Friday that social media companies are “killing people” by failing to police misinformation on their platforms about COVID-19 vaccines. Continue reading
Jul 16 WATCH: COVID-19 becoming ‘a pandemic of the unvaccinated,’ warns CDC director By News Desk and Associated Press The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the COVID-19 outbreak in the U.S. is becoming “a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”… Continue reading
Jul 16 With virus cases rising, mask mandate back on in Los Angeles By Christopher Weber, John Antczak, Associated Press Los Angeles County will again require masks indoors even when people are vaccinated. The public health officer of the nation's largest county said there's now "substantial community transmission."… Continue reading
Jul 15 As 9 out of 10 U.S. children remain unvaccinated, Surgeon General pushes back against misinformation By Laura Santhanam Public health experts fear that the more the virus spreads among the unvaccinated, the more chance that variants could mutate and unravel progress made against the pandemic in pockets of the country where the vaccination rate remains dangerously low. Continue reading