... a full-blown flu season, the American health care system could be overwhelmed, particularly as some hospitals have already been stretched to capacity from the coronavirus pandemic. “We think because people have done public health measures to avoid infection with the coronavirus — namely masks, distancing, avoiding crowds, washing hands — we ...
As summer comes to a close, the United States is averaging about 830 coronavirus deaths per day, along with tens of thousands of new cases. Although testing for the virus has improved, problems with access and obtaining expedient results persist. But Dr. Atul Gawande of Brigham and Women’s Hospital has a plan for how testing...
WASHINGTON (AP) — As lawmakers return to Washington for an abbreviated preelection session, hopes are dimming for another coronavirus relief bill — or much else. Talks between top Democrats and the Trump administration broke off last month and remain off track, with the bipartisan unity that drove almost $3 trillion in COVID ...
... backdrop of a pandemic that has upended campaigning, forcing much of the traditional activity online. When asked if he would be willing to take the coronavirus vaccine, should it be ready before election day, Biden said he would first wait to hear from the scientist before blasting President Trump. "I ...
President Donald Trump used a Labor Day news conference from the White House to criticise his presidential election opponent, Joe Biden, over his plans for handling the coronavirus pandemic. Watch the president's remarks in the player above. Trump assailed the Democratic ticket and put the halting economic recovery under ...
The rise in infections, deaths and hospitalizations over the summer was blamed in part on Americans behaving heedlessly over other long holiday weekends.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The confirmed death toll from the coronavirus went over 50,000 in the Middle East on Thursday as the pandemic continues. That's according to a count from The Associated Press, based on official numbers offered by health authorities across the region. WATCH: How the ...
Iowa is dealing with a surge of coronavirus cases that has turned the state into a hot spot for the disease. The increase has been driven in part by the return to school, with virus clusters developing around the state’s major universities. But Gov. Kim Reynolds has resisted measures like widespread bar closures and mask...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Chief Raoni Metuktire, an Indigenous leader who became a symbol of the fight for the preservation of the Amazon forest in Brazil, was hospitalized with symptoms of pneumonia and tested positive for the new coronavirus, the Raoni Institute said Monday. The nearly 90-year-old Kayapó ...
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic there has been growing interest from parents in homeschooling their children after schools across the nation abruptly shut down and transitioned to remote learning. Ivette Feliciano caught up with two parents in Georgia who have homeschooled their kids for many years to find out how the pandemic has...
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