A third grade teacher in South Carolina who was in her classroom less than two weeks ago has died from COVID-19, school district officials announced Wednesday. Demetria “Demi” Bannister, 28, was diagnosed with the virus on Friday and died Monday, Richland 2 school district spokeswoman Libby Roof said in a press release. Bannister had just […]
A key forecasting model often cited by experts and used by the White House has revised its prediction of COVID-19 deaths in the U.S., now estimating a peak of 410,451 by Jan. 1. The model created by the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington posted an update Friday predicting […]
At least 97,000 children in the United States tested positive for the novel coronavirus during the final two weeks of July, a new report from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association found. The report was released as lawmakers and health experts around the nation grapple with questions about whether to reopen […]
Over the last seven days, a grim new COVID-19 calculus has emerged: one person died every 80 seconds from the coronavirus in America. And the pace at which those 7,486 people died appears to be accelerating, a new NBC News tally revealed Wednesday. In July, a total of 26,198 deaths were reported, meaning one every […]
Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept his party’s nomination at the Democratic National Convention due to concerns about the surging coronavirus. Biden will instead accept the nomination from his home state of Delaware. The development marks the latest impact the pandemic has had on the party nominating process in […]
The U.S. reported more than 25,000 deaths in July related to the novel coronavirus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, a grim milestone for the country as it seeks to stem a rising number of cases. The country saw 1.87 million new cases of the virus last month — an increase of nearly 70 […]
More than 50 hospitals in Florida have run out of ICU beds as the state struggles under the pressure of the coronavirus pandemic. As of 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, 51 hospitals in the state were out of space in their ICUs, according to the Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA). This number doesn’t count the hospitals […]
A majority of voters trust the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) more than the Trump administration when it comes to accurately reporting coronavirus data, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds. Seventy-seven percent of registered voters in the July 17-20 survey said they trust the CDC more to accurately report data on COVID-19. By contrast, […]
A vast majority of voters say they support a national face mask mandate amid skyrocketing coronavirus cases in parts of the United States that have the nation going in the wrong direction compared to many other countries. A new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released exclusively to The Hill found that 79 percent of respondents said they […]
National security adviser Robert O’Brien has tested positive for COVID-19, a White House official confirmed on Monday. “National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien tested positive for COVID-19. He has mild symptoms and has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site,” the official said in a statement. “There is no risk of exposure to […]
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, called an emergency meeting after imposing total lockdown measures on the city of Kaesong when a person there was found with suspected coronavirus symptoms, state media reported Sunday. It would be the first publicly reported confirmed case in the secretive communist state if the person tests positive. North Korea […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged Friday that a significant number of COVID-19 patients do not recover quickly, and instead experience ongoing symptoms, such as fatigue and cough. As many as a third of patients who were never sick enough to be hospitalized are not back to their usual health up to three […]
