The first known U.S. case of a highly infectious coronavirus variant discovered in Britain was detected in Colorado on Dec. 29 as President-elect Joe Biden warned it could take years for most Americans to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at current distribution rates.
Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V Covid-19 shot via 70 clinics on Dec. 5 to the most exposed groups, marking Russia’s first large-scale vaccination against the disease, the city’s coronavirus task force said.
With vaccines within reach, U.S. braces for post-Thanksgiving coronavirus surge
Airlines, Christmas, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Coronavirus surge, Coronavirus Vaccines, COVID-19 cases, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), FDA, Governors, Moderna, New York City, Schools, Thanksgiving, U.S. Health Secretary Alex Azar, United StatesAfter a Thanksgiving weekend when the number of people traveling through U.S. airports reached the highest total since mid-March, a top government official said some Americans could begin receiving coronavirus vaccinations before Christmas.
New York City’s public schools will begin to reopen for in-person learning on Dec. 7, starting with elementary schools for students whose parents agree to weekly tests for the novel coronavirus, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced.
Americans in holiday rush despite highest Covid-19 death toll in 6 months
"Operation Warp Speed" Initiative, Airports, C-SPAN, Christmas, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, COVID-19 Deaths, Death Tolls, Dr. Anthony Fauci (Director), FDA, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Mortality Data, New York City, Parents, Schools, Thanksgiving, TravelersRecord hospitalizations and a surging death toll failed to keep Americans from traveling a day before the Thanksgiving holiday, raising fears that the unchecked spread under way is a prelude to further contagion at Christmastime.
U.S. COVID deaths top 250,000 as New York City schools halt in-person classes
Boston, CNN, Coronavirus, COVID-19 cases, COVID-19 Infections, D.C., Death Tolls, Detroit, Epidemics, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Mayor Bill de Blasio, Midwest, New York City, Politics, Public Schools, Schools, Social Distancing, Tim Walz (Minnesota), U.S. government, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnanyThe U.S. death toll from Covid-19 surpassed a grim new milestone of 250,000 lives lost as New York City’s public school system – the nation’s largest – called a halt to in-classroom instruction, citing a jump in coronavirus infection rates.
Liguori Academy and CMI/Compas Partner to Build Library for Students PHILADELPHIA – November 18, 2020 – Liguori Academy, a nonprofit private high school committed to serving the community, has launched a campaign to build a library for its students, with the support of longtime partner CMI/Compas, strategic media agency and part of WPP (NYSE:WPP). The […]
Covid-19 complication rates far higher than for flu; open windows, partitions advised for classrooms
African-Americans, Convalescent Plasma, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Covid-19 Pneumonia, Hispanics, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Influenza, Interleukin-6 (IL-6), JAMA Internal Medicine, R&D, Researchers, Reuters, Schools, Scientific studiesA roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines includes a higher complication rate with Covid-19 versus the flu.
Boston public schools shift to remote learning; Covid-19 surge ramps up in Midwest
Boston, Chicago, Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic, Covid-19 Data, Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Midwest, New York City, Outbreaks, Public Schools, Remote learning, Reuters Analysis, WestStudents in Boston’s public schools will shift to remote learning due to the rising Covid-19 infection rate in the city that was ravaged by the pandemic in the spring.
Sinovac Biotech plans to start a clinical trial of the Chinese vaccine maker’s experimental coronavirus vaccine with children and adolescents in September, widening the company’s test on a shot that is already in the final stage of study with adults.