by Jim Heath | Dec 10, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The United States has crossed an ominous new threshold of 3,000 lives lost to COVID-19 in a single day as hospitalizations continued to surge to record highs. At least 3,124 Americans died yesterday, which is the highest number of deaths in a single day throughout the...
by Jim Heath | Dec 10, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
New Hampshire Speaker of the House Richard “Dick” Hinch has died from Covid-19. Attorney General Gordon MacDonald’s office said in a statement today that the state’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Jennie V. Duval, had determined the...
by Jim Heath | Dec 8, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Ohio State
The biggest rivalry game in college football between Michigan and Ohio State has been canceled due to an increase in COVID-19 cases over the past week within the Wolverines’ program. ESPN: The decision was made after conversations with medical experts, health...
by Jim Heath | Dec 8, 2020 | Headlines, Health
The United States has recorded its most coronavirus-related deaths over a weeklong period, as a brutal surge gathers speed across the country. NYTimes: With a seven-day average of 2,249 deaths, the country broke the previous mark of 2,232 set on April 17 in the early...
by Jim Heath | Dec 7, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Trump administration officials passed when Pfizer offered in late summer to sell the U.S. government additional doses of its Covid-19 vaccine. Now Pfizer may not be able provide more of its vaccine to the United States until next June because of its commitments to...
by Jim Heath | Dec 7, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Dr Anthony Fauci has warned Christmas could be more of a challenge than Thanksgiving as COVID-19 cases, deaths and hospitalizations surge across the country. The United States recorded 175,663 new coronavirus cases and 1,113 deaths yesterday, while the number of...