Jan 12 CDC’s COVID-19 vaccine guidelines prioritize people with type 2 diabetes over type 1. Why? By Elizabeth Cooney, STAT The CDC’s interpretation of risk differs from the decision made by UK health officials to include both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in its list of conditions that pose higher risk after COVID-19 infection. Continue reading
Jan 12 Second lawmaker tests positive for COVID-19 following Capitol attack By Kevin Freking, Associated Press A second Democratic member of the House who was forced to go into lockdown during last week's siege at the U.S. Capitol has tested positive for COVID-19. Continue reading
Jan 11 WHO experts arriving in China Thursday for coronavirus origins probe By Associated Press China says a group of experts from the World Health Organization is due to arrive Thursday for an investigation into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 5:37 Vaccine distribution, like tests, is a state-led effort in the U.S. By PBS NewsHour With daily cases crossing 250,000, COVID-19 has killed nearly 380,000 people in the U.S. -- the highest in the world. As states roll out vaccines in phases amid reports of the two more transmissible variants from the UK and South… Continue watching
Jan 10 Watch 1:48 Israel has vaccinated the most people per capita against COVID-19. Is it sustainable? By Ivette Feliciano, Connie Kargbo As many countries began their COVID-19 vaccination rollouts last month, one country quickly charged ahead of the pack: Israel. The Middle Eastern nation is now the world's top vaccinator per capita, already inoculating more than 1.5 million people, or nearly… Continue watching
Jan 10 Anti-abortion faith leaders support use of COVID-19 vaccines By David Crary, Associated Press In a growing consensus, religious leaders at the forefront of the anti-abortion movement in the United States are telling their followers that the leading vaccines available to combat COVID-19 are acceptable to take, given their remote and indirect connection to… Continue reading
Jan 09 Queen Elizabeth II and husband receive COVID-19 vaccinations By Associated Press Buckingham Palace officials said in a statement that the 94-year-old monarch and Philip, 99, received their jabs Saturday, joining some 1.5 million people in Britain who have been given a first dose of a vaccine. Continue reading
Jan 08 Watch 3:46 News Wrap: Relentless surge in infections forces more business to lay off workers In our news wrap Friday, U.S. employers cut 140,000 jobs in December due in large part to the pandemic, President-elect Biden signals a plan to release nearly all available vaccine doses after taking office, an Israeli court indefinitely postponed the… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 6:51 U.S. vaccination campaign struggles to keep pace with infections The death toll from COVID-19 has passed 365,000 in the U.S. with 130,000 people hospitalized with it now. But the best hope for moving past the pandemic -- mass vaccinations -- is going slower than had been expected. Dr. Paul… Continue watching
Jan 08 Watch 7:28 Trying to find ways to heal America’s economic pain As President-elect Biden prepares to change the federal government's approach to COVID, he's also about to inherit an economy that may be slowing down. Friday's jobs report was the worst in the last eight months and that economic sluggishness is… Continue watching