"Once you get behind the eight ball, it's hard to put the genie back in the bottle,” one epidemiologist said. LOS ANGELES — In Los Angeles County, 10 people on average test positive for the coronavirus every minute. Every six minutes, someone dies from Covid-19, according to county public health …
One Person Dies Every Six Minutes of COVID-19 in This Pandemic Hot Spot
Public health data in Los Angeles county reveals shocking statistics about California's most populous county: One person dies every six minutes from the coronavirus, 10 people test positive every minute, and there will soon be a million cases in the region. In other pandemic news, U.S. surpasses 11 million vaccinations, Instacart will provide a stipend to those who get the vaccine, and how a selfie could encourage others to get inoculated.
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Days after the Trump administration urged states to open coronavirus vaccine distribution to wider groups, including those 65 and older, the nation surpassed the 11 million mark in terms of shots distributed. As of Thursday, the U.S. had seen over 11.1 million shots go into the arms of Americans, …
CNN — More than 38,000 Americans have died of Covid-19 in the first two weeks of the new year. Another 92,000 could die from the virus over roughly the next three weeks, according to an ensemble forecast published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The numbers are scary and reflect …
Six nerdy roommates used public health data to create an online Covid-risk points system for every activity—and protect their pandemic pod. One …
A Texas trauma surgeon says it's rare that X-rays from any of her COVID-19 patients come back without dense scarring. Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall …
LONDON — A digital Covid vaccination passport is being jointly developed by a group of health and technology companies who anticipate that …
Grocery delivery company Instacart says it will provide a $25 stipend to its workers who take time off to get vaccinated for COVID-19 in the U.S. and …
As horrific as the U.S. Covid-19 outbreak looks right now, it is almost certainly about to get worse. They’ve raced through South Africa, the United …
Think of it as a public service: Photos can be powerful tools in overcoming skepticism toward inoculation. Three days ago, I received the second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. As a pediatrics resident working in New York, I saw it as a glimmer of hope during an otherwise bleak winter. …
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