U.S. COVID-19

• Pregnancy-related deaths spiked in U.S. amid COVID impacts. Here’s why

  Staffing shortages and COVID-19 restrictions created more hurdles for mothers to get in-person health care; and pandemic stress has intensified depression during pregnancy.

  Health

  Oct 19, 2022
  
• Biden marks 1 year in office with rare news conference: ‘Our work’s not done’

  Asked whether he had promised more than he could deliver on the 2020 campaign trail, Joe Biden was adamant: "I didn’t over-promise."

  World

  Jan 19, 2022
  
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• U.S. FDA OKs Pfizer COVID-19 booster for children ages 12 to 15

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration also authorized a third shot in children aged five through 11 years who are immunocompromised.

  World

  Jan 3, 2022
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• U.S. COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large companies to take effect Jan. 4

  U.S. President Joe Biden first previewed the new rules in September. The mandate will apply to about 84 million workers at medium and large businesses.

  World

  Nov 4, 2021
• U.S. reaches 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 as Delta variant hits unvaccinated

  It took three and a half months for the U.S. to go from 600,000 to 700,000 deaths.

  World

  Oct 1, 2021
• Brett Kavanaugh tests positive for COVID-19, U.S. Supreme Court says

  Kavanaugh and all the other justices had a routine coronavirus test ahead of Friday's ceremonial investiture for Justice Amy Coney Barrett.

  World

  Oct 1, 2021
• 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
• ANALYSIS: America waits for its worst pandemic days

  The pandemic has been left to run wild in the U.S. with no co-ordinated federal strategy, reports Jackson Proskow. 'It’s now only a question of how many bad days lie ahead.'

  Commentary

  Jul 10, 2020
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• Coronavirus cases rise across U.S. as states reopen

  Cases are rising in nearly half the states, according to an Associated Press analysis.

  World

  Jun 11, 2020
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• New York sees biggest 1-day jump in COVID-19 deaths

  The state’s death toll since the beginning of the outbreak last month has grown to 5,489.

  World

  Apr 7, 2020