by Jim Heath | Dec 16, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The Trump administration is scrambling to use its power to free up supplies of raw materials to help Pfizer produce tens of millions of additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine for Americans in the first half of next year. Should an agreement be struck, it could at...
by Jim Heath | Dec 16, 2020 | coronavirus, Economy, Headlines
The U.S. poverty rate has surged over the past five months, with 7.8 million Americans falling into poverty, the latest indication of how deeply many are struggling after government aid dwindled. WAPO: The poverty rate jumped to 11.7 percent in November, up 2.4...
by Jim Heath | Dec 15, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Religion
Multimillionaire televangelist Joel Osteen’s Lakewood megachurch took $4.4 million in bailouts as part of the federal government’s COVID-19 relief program for small businesses. The evangelical church, which is based in Houston, Texas and is one of the...
by Jim Heath | Dec 14, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The first shots were given in the American mass vaccination campaign on Monday, opening a new chapter in the battle against the coronavirus pandemic, which has killed more people in the United States — over 300,000 — than in any other country and has taken a...
by Jim Heath | Dec 13, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The first shipments of a COVID-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States headed today from Michigan to distribution centers across the country, with the first shots expected to be given in the coming week to health care workers and at nursing homes. Shipments...
by Jim Heath | Dec 12, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The United States recorded more than 3,300 deaths from COVID-19 on Friday – the largest single-day toll since the start of the pandemic. The good news is that Pfizer’s vaccine, with the first inoculations expected within days, is finally marking a turning point...
