Jan 08 Pfizer study suggests vaccine fights variant By Associated Press New research suggests the COVID-19 vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech can still work against a mutated coronavirus. Continue reading
Jan 08 London mayor warns of city's critical COVID situation as virus spreads fast By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, Associated Press London’s mayor has declared the capital’s COVID-19 situation to be critical, reflecting deteriorating conditions for beleaguered hospitals, as the country authorized a third vaccine for emergency use. Continue reading
Jan 07 U.S. registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus By Carla K. Johnson, Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press he same day that supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the Capitol, the nation recorded nearly 3,900 deaths. Continue reading
Jan 06 Quebec orders 8 p.m. curfew beginning Saturday, for 4 weeks By Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — Quebec’s premier is imposing a provincewide 8 p.m. curfew beginning Saturday as a way to curb surging coronavirus infections and hospitalizations. The province will become the first in Canada to impose a curfew for addressing the pandemic. Continue reading
Jan 06 Arizona deemed 'hot spot of the world' amid virus surge By Terry Tang, Associated Press Health officials in Arizona reported a triple-digit number of new virus-related deaths for the second day in a row and more than 7,200 daily cases, with hospitals strained by a record number of patients. Continue reading
Jan 06 Florida company accused of steering vaccines to rich donors By Terry Spencer, Associated Press Florida has launched an investigation into an upscale nursing home whose executives are accused of steering coronavirus vaccines to wealthy donors and members of a country club, along with its residents and employees. Continue reading
Jan 06 UK leader vows to use 'every second' to vaccinate vulnerable By Danica Kirka, Associated Press Lawmakers were recalled from their Christmas recess to discuss new restrictions that took effect at midnight as part of England's third national lockdown. They are expected to approve the government's stay-home order and other measures. Continue reading
Jan 06 EU agency approves Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine By Aleksandar Furtula, Mike Corder, Associated Press The European Union's medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine, a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to tame the virus rampaging across the continent. Continue reading
Jan 05 Fauci says U.S. could soon give 1 million vaccinations a day By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Fauci said vaccinations already have begun speeding up. And with the holidays over, he expects that pace to pick up to a million or more daily. Continue reading
Jan 05 Biden's most daunting challenges, according to public health experts By Laura Santhanam When the dust of the pandemic settles, how will the Biden administration answer questions about who isn’t covered and why? How will it prioritize public health funding, or revamping the nation’s health care infrastructure?… Continue reading