The CDC is urging “universal face mask use” for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began, citing recent case spikes as the U.S. has …
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CDC Calls for 'Universal Face Mask Use' Everywhere Outside of the Home
For the first time, the CDC is urging Americans to wear face masks everywhere outside of their own homes as COVID-19 cases spike across the country. Plus, U.S. hospitals have reached their tipping point — they're out of space to treat virus patients, the coronavirus is one of the leading causes of death in the U.S., and how curfews can slow the spread of the virus.
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A new statistic shows that health-care workers are running out of space to treat COVID-19 patients.
CNN — The first coronavirus vaccines are out – delivered by FedEx and UPS to hospitals across the country and into the arms of health care workers in hospitals in large cities such as New York and Washington, DC. Boxes filled with dry ice and vaccine have been delivered to Kentucky and Louisiana, …
The coronavirus is quickly becoming one of the leading causes of death in the United States, experts say. Thursday was the deadliest day of the pandemic in the U.S., with 2,897 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins data. While the more than 277,000 COVID-19 deaths may not seem like a lot in a nation of …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a new regional stay-at-home order Thursday, days after he said most of the state's intensive care beds could be over capacity within weeks as coronavirus case numbers surge. The order, which will be applied by region, will require bars, wineries, hair salons …
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Allie Vruggink and her boyfriend, Jeremy Quillian, followed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s coronavirus guidelines fairly rigidly, so they isolated themselves in their home in Holland, Michigan, when they were told a friend may have exposed them to the virus. They decided to get a …
The United Kingdom gave emergency approval this week to a COVID-19 vaccine and plans to begin rolling it out next week. Though Russia had previously approved a vaccine, the U.K. is the first country where regulators approved a vaccine that is backed by transparent science. The U.S. Food and Drug …
In September, as Pfizer and partner BioNTech were quickly advancing a study of their Covid-19 vaccine, dozens of well-known academics sent an open …
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