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CDC hopes to double the number of coronavirus samples checked for new mutations

January 4, 2021 7:40 am CNN Newsource

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hopes to more than double the number of coronavirus genomes sequenced to watch for new mutations in…

Mental health is one of the biggest pandemic issues we’ll face in 2021

January 4, 2021 6:17 am CNN Newsource

With progress in efforts for Covid-19 vaccines and predictions for when the population will receive them, there seems to be a light at the end of the…

More than 4.2 million Americans have been given their first Covid-19 vaccine. Experts say the US needs to go faster

January 4, 2021 3:31 am CNN Newsource

With more than 4.2 million people given their first doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far, experts say the pace of inoculation in the US needs to speed…

California reports more than 45,000 new coronavirus cases as surge continues into new year

January 4, 2021 12:14 am CNN Newsource

California reported Sunday that 45,352 people newly tested positive for Covid-19, continuing a surge that has pushed hospitals and their exhausted…

Europe has kept its schools open for much of the pandemic. Now closures loom

January 4, 2021 12:10 am CNN Newsource

The coronavirus pandemic transformed the working and social lives of millions of European adults in 2020. Children too have suffered immensely, with…

43 staffers at a California hospital tested positive for Covid-19. An inflatable costume may be to blame

January 3, 2021 10:51 am CNN Newsource

Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the…

43 staffers at a California hospital tested positive for Covid-19. An air-powered costume may be to blame

January 3, 2021 8:46 am CNN Newsource

Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the…

US surgeon general contradicts Trump on Covid-19 death toll

January 3, 2021 8:07 am CNN Newsource

US Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams on Sunday said he has “no reason to doubt” the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s…

For more than a month, US hospitals have had more than 100,000 coronavirus patients every day

January 3, 2021 6:47 am CNN Newsource

Hospitals around the United States are racing to keep up with surges of Covid-19 patients at numbers they have not seen at any other time in the…

‘This is about total collapse of the health care system if we have another spike’ of Covid-19

January 2, 2021 8:18 pm CNN Newsource

Even if you don’t have coronavirus, record-high Covid-19 hospitalizations could have a devastating impact on you. “If you are in a car…

As US inches closer to 350,000 Covid-19 deaths, one model projects about 115,000 more could die in next four weeks

January 2, 2021 5:22 am CNN Newsource

The US topped 20 million total infections and inched closer to 350,000 Covid-19 deaths on the first day of 2021 — proof of a grim reality…

US surpasses 20 million Covid-19 cases while experts foresee tough times in January

January 1, 2021 5:15 pm CNN Newsource

The US surpassed 20 million total recorded Covid-19 cases on Friday, hours after the country ushered in 2021 and left behind its deadliest month of…

US surpasses 20 million Covid-19 cases as experts warn it’ll take months for vaccines to turn the tide

January 1, 2021 1:30 pm CNN Newsource

The US surpassed 20 million total recorded Covid-19 cases on Friday, hours after the country ushered in 2021 and left behind its deadliest month of…

It’ll be months before vaccines are widespread enough to turn the tide of the pandemic in the US, experts say

January 1, 2021 8:56 am CNN Newsource

As the world ushered in 2021, the US set a Covid-19 hospitalization record for the fourth straight day and left behind its deadliest month of the…

Covid-19 vaccines are an answered prayer for all faiths

January 1, 2021 5:57 am CNN Newsource

Bringing the Covid-19 pandemic to an end will require the active participation of religious Americans, who should view vaccines as an answered prayer…

Covid-19 hospitalizations across the US are the highest they’ve ever been as nation rings in new year

January 1, 2021 4:21 am CNN Newsource

As the US ushered in 2021, more than 125,300 Covid-19 patients remained hospitalized — another record for the fourth day in a row. The high…

The science of how to stick to New Year’s resolutions and truly change your habits

January 1, 2021 3:48 am CNN Newsource

Next year will be a crucial year for Erika Kirgios as she works to complete her doctorate, publish academic papers and try to land a faculty job at a…