U.s. Coronavirus

• Long lines, confusion: U.S. vaccine rollout off to a slow, messy start

  Overworked and underfunded state public health departments are scrambling to patch together plans for administering vaccines.

  World

  Dec 31, 2020
• U.S. sets new coronavirus record with nearly 250,000 cases added

  Over the past two weeks, the seven-day rolling average for new cases in the U.S. jumped to 219,324 daily from 183,787, an increase of almost 20 per cent.

  World

  Dec 19, 2020
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• Biden picks California attorney general to lead U.S. health department, COVID-19 response

  If confirmed by the Senate, Xavier Becerra, 62, will be the first Latino to head the Department of Health and Human Services.

  Health

  Dec 7, 2020
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• 20 million Americans could get coronavirus vaccine this year: FDA chief

  The FDA expects to move quickly after a Dec. 10 review of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer and 20 million Americans could be vaccinated this year.

  World

  Dec 4, 2020
• Coronavirus cases surge in U.S. as data shows many still travelled for Thanksgiving

  U.S. deaths from the outbreak eclipsed 3,100 on Thursday, obliterating the single-day record set last spring.

  World

  Dec 4, 2020
• U.S. could face ‘most difficult time’ in public health history due to coronavirus surge: CDC

  The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned the COVID-19 pandemic will pose the country’s grimmest health crisis yet over the next few months.

  World

  Dec 3, 2020
• U.S. may see ‘surge upon surge’ of coronavirus in coming weeks, Fauci warns

  The United States' top infectious disease expert said Sunday that the country may see “surge upon a surge” of the coronavirus in the weeks after Thanksgiving.

  World

  Nov 29, 2020
• U.S. FDA authorizes emergency use of experimental antibody drug Trump took

  The Food and Drug Administration authorized use of the Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. drug to try to prevent hospitalization and worsening disease from developing in patients with mild-to-moderate symptoms.

  Health

  Nov 21, 2020
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• U.S. surpasses 10 million COVID-19 cases as global total reaches 50 million

  The United states has reported about a million cases in the past 10 days, the highest rate of infections since the nation reported its first novel coronavirus case in Washington state 293 days ago.

  Health

  Nov 8, 2020
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• ANALYSIS: President Trump promotes ‘magic thinking’ as pandemic strategy

  Donald Trump embraces what could best be described as 'magic thinking' — promising or even believing the impossible, instead of dealing with reality, Jackson Proskow says.

  Commentary

  Sep 17, 2020