by Jim Heath | Nov 29, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The number of COVID-19 patients currently being treated in hospitals across the United States nearly doubled in the last month, hitting more than 91,000 over the Thanksgiving weekend. As of Saturday 91,635 Americans were hospitalized with the virus, according to the...
by Jim Heath | Nov 28, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
From the get-go, President Trump has miscast or exaggerated the military’s role in his administration’s crash program to accelerate the development, production and eventual distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The military theme originated in the May 15 announcement of...
by Jim Heath | Nov 27, 2020 | coronavirus, Ohio State
Ohio State coach Ryan Day has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be with the Buckeyes if they play at Illinois on Saturday. Ohio State said today it had an increased number of positive COVID-19 tests in the program this week. The game against the Illini was...
by Jim Heath | Nov 25, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Daily deaths from COVID-19 in the United States have surpassed 2,100 for the first since May as millions of Americans continue to ignore CDC travel guidance and dire warnings from health experts that Thanksgiving could be the ‘mother of all superspreader...
by Jim Heath | Nov 24, 2020 | coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Health
Sweden has admitted it is seeing no signs of herd immunity slowing the spread of Covid-19 as the number of new infections soars. The Nordic country, whose approach to tackling the pandemic has garnered global attention, registered 17,265 new cases since Friday,...
by Jim Heath | Nov 23, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
A quarter of all COVID-19 cases in the US have been recorded this month alone as daily infections and deaths continue to rise and hospitalizations hit record highs. The US has so far in November recorded more than 3 million COVID-19 cases, which accounts for a quarter...
