Month: December 2020

Eleven months after the earliest recorded case of coronavirus in the United States, medical workers are preparing to give the first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, with deliveries set to arrive at administration sites from around 8 a.m. ET Monday. Thousands of vials of the vaccine were collected for distribution across the country Sunday

Some Americans should receive the first Covid-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, providing a glimmer of hope nearly a year into the worsening pandemic. First in line will be two groups considered to be exceptionally high risk — health care workers and residents of long-term care facilities such as nursing homes. The groups are part

The country’s first Covid-19 vaccines could be administered as soon as Monday, after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine received green lights from the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Shipments of the vaccine are expected to arrive in all 50 states on Monday, with more on the way. It’s

The holidays are often a time when the goal of saving money is in opposition with showing people love in the grandest of ways. Reining in holiday spending may be the absolute last thing people want to do, but during pandemic-related financial struggles, scaling back is a necessity. In the first week of December, 712,000

Vaccinations against Covid-19 can now begin in the United States. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield gave the final nod Sunday to the first coronavirus vaccine for the United States, clearing the way for shots to start. Redfield accepted the recommendation of the agency’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that

US Covid-19 hospitalizations hit a record high for the seventh day in a row Saturday with 108,487 patients in hospitals around the country, according to the Covid Tracking Project. And the number of Covid-19 cases reported in the United States reached more than 16 million after the country added 1 million cases in just four

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has voted to recommend the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for people ages 16 and older, moving the United States one step closer to vaccination of millions of people. Eleven members of the committee voted in favor of the recommendation and three