by Jim Heath | Dec 27, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The United States has reached a grim milestone: 1 in 1,000 Americans has died from COVID-19 since the country’s first reported infection in late January. The statistic is based on data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Johns Hopkins University. On Saturday, the national...
by Jim Heath | Dec 22, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The Trump administration and Pfizer are close to a deal under which the pharmaceutical company would bolster supply of its coronavirus vaccine for the United States by at least tens of millions of doses next year in exchange for a government directive giving it better...
by Jim Heath | Dec 22, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
This year is the deadliest in US history with overall deaths expected to top 3 million for the first time – as COVID-19 fatalities continue to surge to record highs with one American dying every 33 seconds in the last week alone. Preliminary numbers from the...
by Jim Heath | Dec 21, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Joe Biden
President-elect Joe Biden received the first dose of his COVID-19 vaccine in Delaware on today, posing for the cameras as a local nurse administrated the shot. ‘There is nothing to worry about,’ he said as he reassured the public the vaccine was safe....
by Jim Heath | Dec 20, 2020 | coronavirus, Foreign Affairs, Headlines, Health
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has launched an attack on coronavirus vaccines, even suggesting that the one developed by Pfizer-BioNTech could turn people into crocodiles or bearded ladies. The far-right leader, often called the ‘Trump of South...
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...
