• Indonesia starts mass coronavirus vaccinations over vast territory

    Indonesia starts mass coronavirus vaccinations over vast territory

    Jan 13, 2021 05:23 PM EDT

    Indonesian President Joko Widodo received the first shot of a Chinese-made coronavirus vaccine Wednesday after the government authorized it for emergency use and began efforts to vaccinate millions.

  • U.S. coronavirus deaths hit another one-day high at over 4,300

    U.S. coronavirus deaths hit another one-day high at over 4,300

    Jan 13, 2021 02:40 PM EDT

    Coronavirus deaths in the U.S. hit another one-day high at over 4,300 with the country's attention focused largely on the fallout from the deadly uprising at the Capitol. The nation's overall death toll from COVID-19 has eclipsed 380,000, according to Johns Hopkins University ...

  • WHO experts arriving in China Thursday for coronavirus origins probe

    WHO experts arriving in China Thursday for coronavirus origins probe

    Jan 11, 2021 06:23 PM EDT

    ... in traditional Chinese markets. China has largely stemmed new cases of domestic transmission, but said Monday that scores of people have tested positive for the coronavirus in Hebei province, bordering Beijing. That outbreak comes amid measures to curb the further spread of the virus during next month’s Lunar New ...

  • Biden to speed release of coronavirus vaccines

    Biden to speed release of coronavirus vaccines

    Jan 08, 2021 05:16 PM EDT

    President-elect Joe Biden will be taking a new direction to speed release of coronavirus vaccines when he assumes office Jan. 20.

  • U.S. tops 4,000 daily deaths from coronavirus for the first time

    U.S. tops 4,000 daily deaths from coronavirus for the first time

    Jan 08, 2021 02:59 PM EDT

    NEW YORK — The U.S. has topped 4,000 daily deaths from the coronavirus for the first time, breaking a record set just one day earlier. The tally from Johns Hopkins University shows the U.S. had 4,085 deaths Thursday. The U.S. had nearly 275,000 new coronavirus ...

  • U.S. registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus

    U.S. registering highest deaths yet from the coronavirus

    Jan 07, 2021 07:02 PM EDT

    ... out because we aren't the front line. We're the last line." About 1.9 million people around the world have died of the coronavirus, more than 360,000 in the U.S. alone. December was by far the nation's deadliest month yet, and health experts are warning ...

  • News Wrap: UK imposes new lockdown amid coronavirus surge

    News Wrap: UK imposes new lockdown amid coronavirus surge

    Jan 04, 2021 11:50 PM EDT

    In our news wrap Monday, the United Kingdom imposed a new lockdown as the coronavirus variant spreads, Washington, D.C. activates National Guard ahead of expected protests against certifying President-elect Biden's win, a British judge refuses to send WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the U.S., and Iran ...

  • U.S. vaccine rollout remains sluggish, as new coronavirus strain spreads

    U.S. vaccine rollout remains sluggish, as new coronavirus strain spreads

    Jan 04, 2021 11:45 PM EDT

    The U.S. is stumbling out of the gate in getting the COVID-19 vaccine distributed in 2021, as a more contagious variant of the virus spreads around the country. Dr. Robert M. Wachter, the head of the department of medicine at the University of California at San Francisco, joins William Brangham to discuss the vaccine rollout,...

  • Turkey says at least 15 people infected with UK coronavirus variant

    Turkey says at least 15 people infected with UK coronavirus variant

    Jan 01, 2021 06:30 PM EDT

    ISTANBUL — Turkey’s health minister says the country has identified 15 people who carry a highly contagious coronavirus variant that was discovered in the United Kingdom. In a statement Friday, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said the strain was found in travelers arriving from the U.K. He said they were ...

  • WHO clears Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

    WHO clears Pfizer coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

    Dec 31, 2020 10:47 PM EDT

    GENEVA — The World Health Organization says it has cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, meaning poorer countries may soon get access to the shot already available in Europe and North America. Every country that has a drug regulatory agency will have to issue its own approval for ...