Illinois Coronavirus Updates: State Case Numbers Rise, New COVID Variant
A new COVID variant is now being tracked by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as Illinois reports a...
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Why Life Expectancy Keeps Dropping in the U.S. as Other Countries Bounce Back
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COVID in California: Be wary of virus transmission this holiday week, experts warn
Social Security office closures during pandemic left millions without help When the Social Security Administration closed almost all in-person operations...
mRNA revolutionized the race for a Covid-19 vaccine. Could cancer be next?
This story has been adapted from the STAT Report “The future of messenger RNA: Covid-19 vaccines are just the beginning.”...
Biden’s ‘pandemic is over’ comment comes back to haunt him as he seeks $10B in new COVID funding
Key Republicans in the House and Senate are signaling opposition to President Biden’s request for another $10 billion in funding...
Sociodemographic Variation in Early Uptake of COVID-19 Vaccine ..
Summary What is already known about this topic? Although COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective, administrative data reported to CDC...
UPDATE 2-U.S. Supreme Court rebuffs dispute over nursing home COVID suits
(Adds comment from plaintiffs' attorney, paragraph 4)By Brendan PiersonNov 21 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to...
China reports first Covid deaths since May lockdown in Shangha
This restaurant, along with many others in Beijing's business district of Chaoyang, had to suspend dine-in services over the weekend...
Florida has one of the worst updated COVID-19 booster rates in the country
Florida has the 4th lowest rate in the country for adults getting the updated COVID-19 booster shot, according to the...
Scientists working to develop new lab-made antibodies to fight covid
In the evolutionary chess match between the coronavirus and humans, scientists’ next move can’t come soon enough for the millions...