Feb 23 WATCH: COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers describe how they will ramp up supplies By Laura Santhanam So far, more than 44 million people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, according to the latest CDC data. Continue reading
Feb 22 Why we need COVID memorials now -- and for the future By Joshua Barajas How will we, as a nation, acknowledge the immense toll from COVID-19?… Continue reading
Feb 22 U.S. tops 500,000 COVID-19 deaths By Melinda Deslatte, Tammy Webber, Associated Press The COVID-19 death toll in the U.S. has topped 500,000, all but matching the number of Americans killed in World War II, Korea and Vietnam combined. Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: Biden mourns 500,000 dead from COVID-19 in White House ceremony By Zeke Miller, Associated Press A president whose own life has been marked by family tragedy, Biden spoke in deeply personal terms, referencing his own losses as he tried to comfort the huge number of Americans whose lives have been forever changed by the pandemic. Continue reading
Feb 22 WATCH: White House COVID-19 response team holds briefing By Associated Press Dr. Anthony Fauci is calling the United States’ approaching milestone of half a million deaths from the coronavirus as “terribly historic” and stressed the need for continuing public health measures. Continue reading
Feb 21 U.S. coronavirus death toll approaches milestone of 500,000 By John Raby, Associated Press A year into the pandemic, the running total of lives lost was about 498,000 — roughly the population of Kansas City, Missouri, and just shy of the size of Atlanta. The figure compiled by Johns Hopkins University surpasses the number… Continue reading
Feb 19 How this artist visualized the scale of human loss to COVID-19 By Maea Lenei Buhre When visualizing the scope of the mass loss to the coronavirus pandemic, Maryland artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg said to "not lose sight of the value of the individual."… Continue reading
Feb 19 WATCH: Biden defends progress on COVID-19 as weather delays 6 million shots By Zeke Miller, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press While acknowledging the weather is "slowing up the distribution," Biden said at the Pfizer plant in Michigan that he believes "we'll be approaching normalcy by the end of this year."… Continue reading
Feb 19 U.K. COVID-19 infections falling as govt mulls easing lockdown By Pan Pylas, Associated Press Clear evidence has emerged that the rate of coronavirus infections across the U.K. is falling sharply just days before British Prime Minister Boris Johnson outlines a roadmap for potentially easing lockdown restrictions in England. Continue reading
Feb 18 Experts warn against COVID-19 variants as states reopen By Marion Renault, Associated Press Scientists widely agree that the U.S. simply doesn’t have enough of a handle on the variants to roll back public health measures and is at risk of fumbling yet another phase of the pandemic. Continue reading