Covid-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in the U.S. are rising again, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday, sounding the alarm over what she described as a “pandemic of the unvaccinated.” In a news briefing Friday, Dr. Rochelle Walensky said the most recent seven-day average of new Covid-19 cases was […]
The average number of new daily COVID-19 cases has increased 94 percent over the past two weeks, according to data from The New York Times, as worries over outbreaks climb nationwide. The U.S. recorded a seven-day average of more than 23,000 daily cases on Monday, almost doubling from the average two weeks ago, as less […]
The highly transmissible delta variant has been officially confirmed in all 50 states as of this week, and health officials nationwide are raising alarms about localized coronavirus outbreaks as the Fourth of July weekend arrives. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates the strain makes up about a quarter of U.S. cases, with […]
A majority of voters say they do not think President Biden’s chief medical advisor Anthony Fauci should resign, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds. Fifty-eight percent of registered voters said Fauci should not resign. By contrast, 42 percent of respondents said he should resign. Eighty percent of Democratic voters, 60 percent of independents and 81 percent […]
Roughly 6 in 10 voters say President Biden’s chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci has been truthful to the best of his knowledge regarding the origins of COVID-19, a new Hill-HarrisX poll finds. Sixty-one percent of registered voters in the June 17-19 survey said Fauci was truthful to the public concerning how the coronavirus pandemic began. […]
The Biden administration plans to buy 500 million additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to donate to other countries, according to multiple reports. Biden is expected to announce the plans during the Group of Seven (G7) summit in the United Kingdom this week, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. The president told reporters earlier in […]
WASHINGTON — A U.S. intelligence report identified three researchers at a Wuhan lab who sought treatment at a hospital after falling ill in November 2019, a source familiar with the matter tells NBC News. The new details, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, add to the body of circumstantial evidence that supports a hypothesis […]
Alabama football coach Nick Saban is getting behind a state effort to encourage more people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday that Saban has participated in a public service announcement that will air next week and will also feature SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, former Auburn basketball star Charles Barkley […]
President Joe Biden is setting new goals for vaccinations in America, calling for 70% of the U.S. adult population to have at least one shot, and 160 million Americans to be fully vaccinated, by July 4. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that, as of Tuesday, 105 million Americans are fully vaccinated, while […]
Top U.S. health officials on Tuesday called for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine while they review cases of rare blood clots in people receiving the shots. The officials said they are reviewing six cases of a “rare and severe type of blood clot” out of more than 6.8 […]
A Florida woman has been sentenced to 30 days behind bars after pleading guilty to deliberately coughing in a cancer patient’s face at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in an interaction caught on video last year. Debra Jo Hunter, 53, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in the June 25 incident in a Pier 1 […]
Initial jobless claims for the week ending on Feb. 20 dropped dramatically to a seasonally adjusted 730,000, one of the lowest readings since the pandemic began and well below expectations. Dow Jones economists expected 845,000 new claims, similar to the 841,000 seen the previous week. The figure remains higher than the highest pre-pandemic record for […]