More than 4 million people in the US traveled for Thanksgiving, new data shows
Despite a growing number of Covid-related travel restrictions nationwide and caution from the federal government, more than 4 million people in the…
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The FDA authorizes a fully at-home test as more Covid-19 patients are hospitalized than ever before
Here are the numbers, locally.…
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As she was getting the Covid-19 vaccine, this doctor found out she’d lost her 27th patient to the virus
Dr. Valerie Briones-Pryor was among the first in Kentucky to receive the new Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine Monday, but she describes the moment as…
Continue Reading Funeral homes, morgues grapple with surge in US Covid-19 deaths
Funeral director Kevin Spitzer has been overwhelmed with Covid-19-related deaths in the small city of Aberdeen, South Dakota. He and his two…
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Most Americans will likely get a COVID-19 vaccine, Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds
A large majority of Americans, 71%, say they will “definitely or probably” get a Covid-19 vaccine, according to a survey out Tuesday from the Kaiser…
Continue Reading As vaccines trickle across the US, more Americans are now hospitalized with Covid-19 than ever before
After a day of celebration and heartache, Americans face a harsh reality with the Covid-19 crisis. A record 110,549 Covid-19 patients were…
Continue Reading Want to hang with your friends (mask-free) this winter? Make a Covid-19 bubble
Doctors rarely talk about the importance of bubbles. But now they’re urging all Americans to hunker down in their bubbles through this…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine rollout was a moment of hope in pandemic’s ‘darkest days,’ expert says. But the dark days aren’t yet over
For many Americans, Monday felt like a sigh of relief. After 10 nightmarish months, the first Covid-19 vaccinations began, a historic milestone in a…
Continue Reading Most Americans will likely get a Covid-19 vaccine, Kaiser Family Foundation survey finds
A large majority of Americans, 71%, say they will “definitely or probably” get a Covid-19 vaccine, according to a survey out Tuesday from…
Continue Reading Relieve tight shoulders with this 5-minute routine
If you’re like many people working from home in the pandemic, making do with your own furniture probably hasn’t been the best for your…
Continue Reading Farmworkers, Firefighters and Flight Attendants Jockey for Vaccine Priority
With front-line health workers and nursing home residents and staff expected to get the initial doses of Covid vaccines, the thornier question is…
Continue Reading The first public Covid-19 vaccines reach all states as the US death toll tops 300,000
The first doses of an FDA-authorized Covid-19 vaccine have been delivered to all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, less than a…
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FDA approves new genetically modified pig for allergy-free medical and food products
The US Food and Drug Administration said Monday it has approved a genetically modified pig whose body doesn’t make a component that can trigger…
Continue Reading The first public Covid-19 vaccines have been injected just as the US death toll tops 300,000
The first doses of a FDA-authorized Covid-19 vaccine were injected into those at the frontlines of the pandemic on Monday, less than a year after the…
Continue Reading Covid-19 now kills more than 1 American every minute. And the rate keeps accelerating as the death toll tops 300,000
Every day, the number of families mourning the death of a loved one to Covid-19 keeps growing at a devastating rate. More than 300,000 people in the…
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The first public Covid-19 vaccines have been injected just as the US death toll nears 300,000
What seemed impossible months ago is now a reality: the first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine have been given to the American public, less than a year…
Continue Reading Why a Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t mean that you can stop wearing a mask
Shipments of the Covid-19 vaccine are arriving, with frontline health care workers getting immunized — some for the cameras — across the…
Continue Reading Your home is a hotspot for Covid-19, studies say
With Covid-19 surging in the United States, transmission of the novel coronavirus is at an all-time high. A new analysis that looked at 54 studies in…
Continue Reading When can I get a coronavirus vaccine?
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…
Continue Reading The UK will let some sexually active gay and bisexual men give blood, ending a controversial ban
The UK will allow some sexually active gay and bisexual men to donate blood, overturning a ban that originated during the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the…
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