Jul 29 Breakthrough COVID infections show ‘the unvaccinated are now putting the vaccinated at risk’ By Laura Santhanam Occasional breakthroughs are expected with any vaccine, but more transmissible variants spread among so many unvaccinated people in the United States has placed greater strain on highly effective and safe COVID-19 vaccines. Continue reading
Jul 28 New York to require state employees to get vaccines, or get tested By Marina Villeneuve, Associated Press New York will require all state employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by Labor Day or undergo weekly tests for COVID-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. Continue reading
Jul 25 Fauci says U.S. headed in ‘wrong direction’ on coronavirus By Associated Press The United States is in an “unnecessary predicament” of soaring COVID-19 cases fueled by unvaccinated Americans and the virulent delta variant, the nation’s top infectious diseases expert said Sunday. Continue reading
Jul 24 States scale back virus reporting just as cases surge By Josh Funk, Associated Press Several states scaled back their reporting of COVID-19 statistics this month just as cases across the country started to skyrocket, depriving the public of real-time information on outbreaks, cases, hospitalizations and deaths in their communities. Continue reading
Jul 21 COVID patients are flooding this hospital. Again. By Laura Santhanam Arkansas is among the top five states for new infections, and still has one of the lowest rates of vaccination nationwide. Continue reading
Jul 20 WATCH LIVE: Fauci, Walensky testify before Senate on COVID-19 response By Zeke Miller, Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will testify before the Senate Tuesday about the federal COVID-19 response. Continue reading
Jul 19 Watch 7:52 A conflict journalist on the unique challenges of reporting on COVID in Holmfirth, England By William Wintercross With all COVID-19 restrictions lifted Monday in the United Kingdom — even amid a surge in cases — we look at how life has been lived in one small, English town where for the last 16 months, conflict journalist Will… Continue watching
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
Jul 14 Watch 6:22 News Wrap: Tokyo sees highest COVID cases since May, days before Olympic Games In our news wrap Wednesday, COVID-19 cases in Tokyo are higher than any time since May — nine days before it hosts the summer Olympics. In the U.S., federal figures show 93,000 overdose deaths in 2020 — nearly 30% higher… Continue watching
Jul 14 U.S. overdose deaths hit record 93,000 in pandemic last year By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Overdose deaths soared to a record 93,000 last year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. government reported Wednesday. That estimate far eclipses the high of about 72,000 drug overdose deaths reached the previous year and amounts to… Continue reading