The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published two new reports on the extent to which COVID-19 contributed to U.S. deaths in 2020. In one of the studies, researchers found that the virus caused the U.S. mortality rate to rise nearly 16 percent. They also determined that COVID killed 91.5 out of every … Read more
Two doses of either Moderna‘s or Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine are highly effective at preventing infection, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published on Monday finds. Researchers looked at vaccination rates among nearly 4,000 healthcare employees, first responders, and other essential and frontline workers from mid-December 2020 to mid-March 2021. Results showed … Read more
Trump’s CDC director Robert Redfield says he believes COVID-19 ‘escaped’ from a lab in Wuhan and started spreading as early as September 2019 Robert Redfield, the former CDC director, says he believes COVID-19 ‘escaped’ from a lab in Wuhan, China He said the virus may have been circling since September 2019 Redfield made the claims in a … Read more
A vaccination drive that has begun to pick up speed is propelling the United States ahead in the race to immunize its population against COVID-19. Currently, the U.S. ranks seventh in the world, with 25.7 percent of Americans having received at least one dose, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Read more
Coronavirus has left no corner of the U.S. untouched, but counties with large minority populations are up to 150% more likely to have been hard-hit by infections compared to mostly white regions of the country, new data shows. The virus spread like wildfire in communities of color, taking off fastest first in areas with large … Read more
More than two million people in Florida have had COVID-19 as of Tuesday, making it the third state in the U.S. to pass the grim milestone. Only Texas and California have seen more all-time infections that Florida now. And cases could be set to surge again in the Sunshine State and countless Spring Breakers continue … Read more
Coronavirus variants are continuing to spread across the United States, accounting for more and more cases. California‘s homegrown variant, known as B.1.427/B.1.429, now makes up more than half of infections in the state and 20 to 40 percent of cases elsewhere. Meanwhile, the UK variant, known as B.1.1.7, has spread to every single state and … Read more
Johnson & Johnson’s long-awaited one-dose Covid vaccine accounts for just 2.3 million of all shots given since March but the company insists it WILL deliver 20 million doses this month Since March 2, just 2.3 million coronavirus vaccine doses administered have been from Johnson & Johnson About nine times as many Americans have been receiving shots … Read more
Maskless revelers flocked to a Texas Spring Break hotspot this week to drink, party and send a defiant message to CDC killjoys: ‘Corona is so last year.’ The Centers for Disease Control begged youngsters not to join in the annual beach booze-fest in fears it could fuel a spike in COVID-19 infections. But tanked-up partygoers … Read more
Maskless revelers flocked to a Texas Spring Break hotspot this week to drink, party and send a defiant message to CDC killjoys: ‘Corona is so last year.’ The Centers for Disease Control begged youngsters not to join in the annual beach booze-fest in fears it could fuel a spike in COVID-19 infections. But tanked-up partygoers … Read more