by Jim Heath | Nov 10, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The United States today set a new record for coronavirus hospitalizations, with around 62,000 people currently in the hospital with the virus, according to the COVID Tracking Project. The country also set another record for new coronavirus cases, with over 130,000 in...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Housing Department Secretary Dr. Ben Carson has tested positive for the coronavirus, his office announced today – making him the latest official who attended a White House election night party to get COVID-19. Shortly afterwards, David Bossie, the Trump aide in charge...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Joe Biden
President-elect Joe Biden today lauded the news of Pfizer’s progress on a COVID-19 vaccine but urged Americans to be cautious because widespread vaccination is still many months away. Biden said Pfizer’s announcement that interim data showed its vaccine...
by Jim Heath | Nov 9, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Hydroxychloroquine provides no benefit for hospitalized COVID-19 patients, a study from the National Institutes of Health has officially concluded. The data was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association today. The study found that while...
by Jim Heath | Nov 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The U.S. has set another record for daily number of coronavirus cases. The country reported more than 126,000 positive cases and more than 1,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Saturday, according to the most recent data from Johns Hopkins University. It marked the fourth day...
by Jim Heath | Nov 6, 2020 | 2020, coronavirus, Headlines, Health
President Trump’s chief of staff, Mark Meadows, has told associates he has coronavirus, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to the outbreaks connected to the White House. It wasn’t immediately clear when Meadows learned that he had contracted the...