A study out of Oxford University’s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science found that the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in the largest drop in life expectancy in western Europe since World War II.
The United States on Feb. 22 crossed the staggering milestone of 500,000 Covid-19 deaths just over a year since the coronavirus pandemic claimed its first known victim in Santa Clara County, California.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is stepping up efforts to track coronavirus mutations and keep vaccines and treatments effective against new variants until collective immunity is reached, the agency’s chief said.
A third vaccine to stave off Covid-19 could get U.S. approval as early as January, a top U.S. health official said as the second vaccine began shipping out nationwide..
A mounting U.S. death toll has tempered enthusiasm about a coming Covid-19 vaccine with 9/11-like fatalities projected every day for the months ahead, even with a rapid rollout of inoculations, which could start as soon as Dec. 14.
