A participant for a COVID-19 vaccine trial receives a dose at the Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, on August 13. Chandan Khanna/AFP/Getty Images Friday was the deadline for states to file their plans for distributing any coronavirus vaccine, but they still don’t have the needed federal money to help them do it, state … Read more
As of early Monday morning, there were more than 8 million cases and over 219,000 coronavirus deaths in the US, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Health experts say the predicted fall surge is here, and rising cases across the US appear to bear that out. Here’s what the data shows: Only 2 states are showing downward … Read more
CNN The mayor of Rouen, one of the cities in France now under a nighttime curfew, says the health sector is exhausted and needs more help. Nicolas Mayer-Rossignol told CNN that he knows the city must apply by the curfew rules, but he foresees economic damage. Asked if the central government is giving enough financial … Read more
A health worker holds a Covid-19 swab test tube at a drive-through testing center in Prague, Czech Republic, on October 13. Milan Jaros/Bloomberg/Getty Images Inside the intensive care unit at Prague’s Na Bulovce Hospital some patients are hooked up to ventilators through tracheostomy tubes, others are lying face down, to help them breathe. The doctors and … Read more