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...
by Jim Heath | Dec 10, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
A U.S. government advisory panel endorsed widespread use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine today, putting the country just one step away from launching an epic vaccination campaign against the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000 Americans. Shots could begin within...
by Jim Heath | Dec 10, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner and current Pfizer board member, has confirmed that the Trump administration turned down Pfizer’s offer for an additional 100 million coronavirus vaccine doses last summer. With Pfizer and Moderna the only two...
