New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the so-called U.K. variant of coronavirus is a “game-changer” as he railed against federal health officials for not implementing a travel ban or requiring testing for travelers coming from the U.K.
Europe’s regulatory agency may endorse Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine Wednesday, which would pave the way for a second vaccine rolled out among member states, following a shot developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The approval will ultimately be decided by the European Commission.
Arizona is seeing the highest rate of new coronavirus cases in the U.S., according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, (CDC) which shows an average of 121.8 new illnesses per 100,000 people over the last seven days.
Mexico approved the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine for emergency use Monday, hoping to spur a halting vaccination effort that has only given about 44,000 shots since the third week of December, about 82% of the doses the country has received.
Following reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration was in talks with Moderna and Operation Warp Speed officials to consider halving vaccines’ dose volume to speed inoculations and extend supply, the federal watchdog late Monday dismissed the approach, calling it a “significant public health risk.”
Los Angeles County hospitals are so overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients that EMS workers were told Monday to ration oxygen so it could be used for patients who need it the most, according to reports.
Hugo López-Gatell, the leading face of Mexico's coronavirus response, is facing criticism after photos over the weekend captured him on vacation amid a surge in cases in the country.
The U.S. ramped up COVID-19 vaccinations in the past few days after a slower-than-expected start, bringing the number of shots dispensed to about 4 million, government health officials said Sunday.
Reported cases of so-called acute flaccid paralysis dropped by 33% globally in the first nine months of 2020, suggesting polio surveillance also declined amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the state has a confirmed case of a coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K. The governor said the case involves a Saratoga man in his 60s, who was symptomatic.
The saying “love knows no bounds” proved true for one South Carolina couple after a 43-year-old man who contracted the coronavirus and was subsequently hospitalized for two months said his wife’s voice helped him through a coma.
The New York nurse who became the first in the U.S. to receive a dose of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine last month received her second shot on Monday, becoming one of the first in the country to be fully inoculated.
California ended the first weekend of the new year with more than 45,000 new cases of the novel coronavirus as hospitals in the state continue to be overwhelmed.
One Michigan doctor is making headlines for trekking over 140 miles in his pickup truck to deliver long-awaited coronavirus vaccines in remote rural hospitals.