Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks with Alex Azar, secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), not pictured, before they receive the Moderna Inc. Covid-19 vaccine during an event at the NIH Clinical Center Masur Auditorium in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., on Tuesday, Dec, …
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For the first time since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. is reporting a weekly average of more than 2,000 Covid-19 deaths every day, according to data from Johns Hopkins University, as infections rip through the country and record hospitalizations tax the nation’s health-care system. More than 2,600 …
Read More »Airline bookings drop ahead of Thanksgiving as coronavirus infections spike
During the global coronavirus pandemic Ana Ramos, right, is being tested for covid19 in Tom Bradley international at LAX on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020 in Los Angeles, CA. Francine Orr | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Airline executives warned Thursday that bookings are starting to drop as new coronavirus …
Read More »WHO warns vaccine won’t help countries fend off current wave of infections
This photograph taken on July 3, 2020, shows a sign of the World Health Organization (WHO) at their headquarters in Geneva, amidst the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus. FABRICE COFFRINI A coronavirus vaccine this winter won’t help countries beat back the current wave of Covid-19 infections sweeping across …
Read More »Sweden toughens up coronavirus rules as infections and deaths rise
People stroll at the Drottninggatan shopping street in central Stockholm on November 10, 2020, amid the novel coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. FREDRIK SANDBERG | AFP | Getty Images Sweden, infamous for not imposing a lockdown during the first wave of the coronavirus pandemic, appears to be changing tack and implementing stricter …
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