For Immediate Release: November 30, 2020 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has scheduled a meeting of its Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) on Dec. 17 to discuss the request for emergency use authorization (EUA) for a COVID-19...
A patient is treated for COVID-19 at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in Los Angeles. Hospitalizations because of the coronavirus are surging in California. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption toggle caption Jae C. Hong/AP A patient is treated for COVID-19 at Providence...
<!—-> This man in Ohio was among the tens of thousands who received Moderna’s experimental COVID-19 vaccine in a recent trial that demonstrated 94.1% efficacy. University of Cincinatti Health By Jon CohenNov. 30, 2020 , 7:00 AM Science’s COVID-19 reporting...
Biotechnology company Moderna protocol files for COVID-19 vaccinations are kept at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, on August 13, 2020. CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images...
Updated: 4 p.m.As public health authorities brace for a jump in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in coming weeks originating from Thanksgiving celebrations, Gov. Tim Walz says he’ll likely call on Minnesotans not to travel or gather for Christmas. “I think...
Updated 4 p.m.As public health authorities brace for a jump in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths in coming weeks originating from Thanksgiving celebrations, Gov. Tim Walz says he’ll likely call on Minnesotans not to travel or gather for Christmas. “I think...
Gov. Tim Walz and state public health leaders are briefing reporters now. Updated 2:40 p.m.Minnesota’s COVID-19 report on Monday offered a mixed bag of statistics that make the post-Thanksgiving landscape difficult to map.The number of newly confirmed or probable...
Here’s what you need to know:Thanksgiving Eve at Atlanta’s international airport.Credit…Nicole Craine for The New York TimesTop federal health officials on Sunday forecast a post-Thanksgiving spike in coronavirus infections, deaths and stress on hospitals and...
<!—-> Across the United States, COVID-19 wards like this one at University of Wisconsin Health in Madison are filling up fast, but federal data on their patient numbers and available beds are suspect, which could hinder getting personal...
Minnesota health officials on Sunday reported 57 more COVID-19 deaths in the state.That’s along with nearly 9,000 more cases. It’s the state’s largest single-day increase in cases — but that’s from a record single-day total of more than 97,000 test...
Minnesota health officials on Sunday reported 57 more COVID-19 deaths in the state.That’s along with nearly 9,000 more cases. It’s the state’s largest single-day increase in cases — but that’s from a record single-day total of more than 97,000 test...
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti made a dire prediction last week: If the coronavirus continues to spread so rapidly, the death toll from COVID-19 in Los Angeles County will reach 11,511 by the end of the year.Garcetti’s projection would mean that more than 4,000...
Here’s what you need to know:A hospital in Pipestone, Minn., last week. Credit…Erinn Springer for The New York TimesThe total number of coronavirus cases in the United States for November surpassed four million on Saturday, more than double the record set...
Nurses at Anchorage’s three big hospitals are working long hours under burnout-inducing pressure as the state’s coronavirus pandemic surges into new territory. As their colleagues fall ill or quarantine, some nurses here say they are spending more time on patient care...
Photographer Go Nakamura has visited a COVID-19 intensive care unit in Houston about 20 times, but he never gets used to what he sees there.Taking photos too graphic to share; seeing patients one day who will be gone when he returns later in the week —...
Jaylon Ferguson, D.J. Fluker, Broderick Washington, Will Holden, Khalil Dorsey and Tavon Young were placed on the Reserve/COVID-19 list Saturday. A total of 18 Ravens have been placed on the list this week. Ferguson has played every game this season at outside...
The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources (DHHR) reports as of 10:00 a.m., November 28, 2020, there have been 1,108,684 total confirmatory laboratory results received for COVID-19, with 45,845 total cases and 718 deaths. DHHR has confirmed the deaths...
Here’s what you need to know:Shoppers crowded around displays at a Walmart in Pico Rivera, Calif., east of Los Angeles, on Friday, as Los Angeles County announced tougher restrictions.Credit…Etienne Laurent/EPA, via ShutterstockThe Los Angeles County Department...
Updated: 11:25 a.m.Minnesota health officials reported Saturday that the state has now surpassed 300,000 COVID-19 cases and 3,500 deaths from the pandemic.Saturday’s update included two days’ worth of data, in the wake of the Thanksgiving holiday. That prompted the...
Here’s what you need to know:Shoppers crowded around displays at a Walmart in Pico Rivera, Calif., east of Los Angeles, on Friday, as Los Angeles County announced tougher restrictions.Credit…Etienne Laurent/EPA, via ShutterstockThe Los Angeles County Department...
Health officials in Los Angeles County, the nation’s most populous, announced a new Covid-19 stay-at-home order Friday that will ban most public and private gatherings.The new restrictions, to take effect Monday and to stay in place at least until Dec. 20, will...
The pandemic came for our vacations, our sports and our restaurants. And now, after weeks of speculation and guessing, analysts say it’s clear: Covid-19 has also claimed retail bellwether Black Friday.“It’s not Black Friday. It’s not people waiting in line the way...
Here is a remarkable, underappreciated fact: The U.S. economy has performed far better than that of many of the country’s peers during this horrible year. The International Monetary Fund expects the U.S. economy to contract by 4.4 percent in 2020, versus 5.3 percent...
Updated: 12:25 p.m.Minnesota officials on Friday reported 101 deaths of COVID-19, well exceeding the previous daily death report record of 72 people with the disease, which had tied a single-day record set last week. With the latest toll, deaths also crossed the 1,000...
Recent Comments