Biden’s interview — his first since the election that also included Vice President-elect Kamala Harris — underscored a complete course correction from President Donald Trump’s attitude towards the virus, and comes as Covid-19 tears through the nation, smashing records for daily deaths and infections, Stephen Collinson and Maeve Reston write. Trump has frequently mocked mask-wearing … Read more
It’s also getting worse. At least 45 states reported more new infections last week compared to the previous week, according to Johns Hopkins University. A new record-high number of patients have been hospitalized. Hospitals in several states are running out of capacity and staff. But the country’s leadership is nowhere to be seen. As an … Read more
“Those are not words I use lightly, but when there’s more than 60,000 people in the hospital and we could lose more than 2,000 lives a day by January, there’s no other way to describe this,” Gupta said of the growing crisis in America. The numbers in the US are staggering. More than 242,000 people … Read more
Former commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Scott Gottlieb, has warned that the US could cross the 100,000 cases per day threshold sometime in the next couple of weeks — or maybe even this week. As the US edges closer toward 9 million total cases, voters are out casting ballots in several … Read more
The President was non-committal at the NBC town hall on a question about whether he took a Covid-19 test on the day of his debate with Biden at the end of September — even though he was required to do so. He was airlifted to hospital with Covid-19 days later. Nor did he express any … Read more
But many questions about his health remain unanswered. Crucially, Trump and his doctors are still refusing to say when the President last tested negative for the virus, making it difficult to know whether he’s still contagious. The President gave two interviews to Fox News yesterday, claiming he was feeling great even as he had to … Read more
A false sense of security has developed over the summer. Deaths are still well below April’s peak despite cases reaching record highs in recent days, Emma Reynolds writes. But tragedy looms this winter, especially with flu season on its way. Infections will rise among older, more vulnerable populations, and experts are bracing for overwhelmed health … Read more
The coronavirus pandemic is not going to ease up, Dr. Anthony Fauci warned yesterday. In fact, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said he believes the situation is likely to worsen again in the months ahead. “I just think we need to hunker down and get through this fall and … Read more
Rodriguez had plenty of warning about his non-payment of rent, both from his apartment manager and from the Harris County court. But the warnings didn’t change his circumstances — he still didn’t have the thousands in rent money he owed having lost his job when the pandemic hit, Kyung Lah and Rob Kuznia report. The … Read more
The benefits of wearing masks are clear. Public health experts have spent months emphasizing that masks are one of the most effective tools to help fight the pandemic, and universal mandates will likely reduce the spread of the airborne virus in indoor and outdoor settings. But the mere act of donning a piece of cloth … Read more