Nov 12 709,000 Americans seek jobless aid as pandemic escalates By Christopher Rugaber, Associated Press The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a sign that the job market might be slowly healing. Continue reading
Nov 12 Italian hospitals face breaking point in fall virus surge By Colleen Barry, Associated Press Italy, which shocked the world and itself when hospitals in the wealthy north were overwhelmed with coronavirus cases last spring, is again facing a systemic crisis, as confirmed positives pass the symbolic threshold of 1 million. Continue reading
Nov 11 Watch 6:46 Deemed essential, California farmworkers risk disease and deportation By Stephanie Sy, Lena I. Jackson, Casey Kuhn As the United States grapples with the latest surge in coronavirus, some workers are trying to cope with illness and economic hardship while also facing the threat of deportation. In California’s Coachella Valley, agricultural workers deemed essential to the U.S. Continue watching
Nov 11 Recordings reveal WHO's analysis of pandemic in private By Associated Press With its annual meeting underway this week, WHO has been sharply criticized for not taking a stronger and more vocal role in handling the pandemic. Continue reading
Nov 09 U.S. allows emergency use of COVID-19 antibody drug By Matthew Perrone, Associated Press The Food and Drug Administration on Monday cleared the experimental drug from Eli Lilly for people 12 and older with mild or moderate COVID-19 not requiring hospitalization. Continue reading
Nov 09 Watch 5:34 Pfizer's CEO on preliminary COVID-19 vaccine data The drug company Pfizer announced Monday that early data indicates its COVID-19 vaccine could be highly effective. Their candidate is only one of a number in development, and it’s quite possible the world will ultimately need several vaccines made by… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch 5:18 How a COVID vaccine might work -- and the challenges of distributing it As drug companies around the world rush to develop candidates for coronavirus vaccines, Pfizer announced encouraging early data from its own trials Monday. What do the preliminary results show, and even if they are borne out, what challenges remain with… Continue watching
Nov 09 Watch 6:39 Childhood vaccination rates dropped amid the pandemic. Will they rebound? By Stephanie Sy, Lorna Baldwin Health experts in the U.S. are worried too many children are not receiving the standard childhood vaccinations they need. In the beginning of the pandemic, doctors’ offices told people to stay away in order to control the spread of the… Continue watching
Nov 09 What Biden can do to fight COVID-19 before Inauguration Day By Laura Santhanam Months before President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, COVID-19 has tightened its hold on the U.S., which surpassed 10 million confirmed infections on Monday and could result in as many as 328,000 deaths in the U.S. by the year's end if no… Continue reading
Nov 09 U.S. hits 10 million confirmed novel coronavirus cases By Associated Press New daily confirmed cases are up more than 60 percent over the past two weeks, to an average of nearly 109,000 a day. Average daily cases are on the rise in 48 states. Continue reading