How some states are administering Covid-19 vaccines at twice the speed of others
One month after the first dose was administered in the United States, Covid-19 vaccinations lag far behind early promises from the federal…
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States look for more Covid-19 vaccine doses as the nation’s death toll nears 400,000
States are racing to get Covid-19 vaccine supplies and distribution in order as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Friday of…
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How people of color can cope with Capitol riot hypocrisy
Justice Horn was in broad daylight, but he could not see as he rose from the ground and blindly stumbled through darkness and pain. The pain was the…
Continue ReadingStates adding Covid-19 vaccination sites, but governors complain the feds need to give them more doses
States are ramping up their Covid-19 vaccination programs so more people can be protected against the virus, but some governors are confused and…
Continue ReadingNo plans to test most National Guard for Covid-19 before they deploy across DC
The overwhelming majority of the more than 20,000 National Guard members expected in Washington for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration…
Continue Reading States speed up Covid-19 vaccinations, but governors complain the feds need to give them more doses
States are ramping up their Covid-19 vaccination programs so more people can be protected against the virus, but some governors are confused and…
Continue ReadingDon’t ignore this headline: The pandemic is getting worse. What happens next is up to you
Despite hopes of widespread vaccinations this year, experts warned the start of 2021 would be a very rough time in this pandemic. It turns out the…
Continue ReadingMore US Covid-19 deaths reported in the past two weeks than any other 14-day period in the pandemic
The US has counted more Covid-19 deaths these last two weeks than any other 14-day stretch of the pandemic. And at this rate, the nation’s…
Continue ReadingMore than 90,000 Americans could die of Covid-19 in next three weeks, CDC forecast shows
More than 38,000 Americans have died of Covid-19 in the first two weeks of the new year. Another 92,000 could die from the virus over roughly the…
Continue Reading What latest CDC Covid-19 death projections mean and what you can do to change it
Over 90,000 Americans could die of Covid-19 in the next three weeks, according to new predictions from the US Centers for Disease Control and…
Continue Reading The US coronavirus death toll is projected to surpass 400,000 by Inauguration Day
At the current rate of daily fatalities, the US death toll from the Covid-19 pandemic may surpass 400,000 before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn…
Continue Reading How to keep your fitness resolutions past January
It’s estimated that 80% of people abandon their resolutions by the end of January. This number is likely even higher for fitness-related…
Continue Reading Coronavirus will knock more than a year off average US life expectancy, study finds
The coronavirus pandemic is not only having an immediate impact in terms of the deaths of thousands of Americans, it’s also taking more than a…
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Texas trauma surgeon says ‘post-COVID lungs look worse than any type of terrible smokers lung we’ve ever seen’
Click here for updates on this story DALLAS (KTVT) — Texas trauma surgeon Dr. Brittany Bankhead-Kendall says it’s a…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 infection grants immunity for five months, UK study suggests
People who have been infected with Covid-19 are likely to be protected against catching it again for at least five months, according to a new study…
Continue Reading Some rural hospitals in Texas have yet to receive a single Covid-19 vaccine dose, hospital group says
As Texas shifts its focus to large community vaccination efforts, some frontline health care workers remain unprotected. About 10% of the rural…
Continue Reading 3 ways to turn that failing New Year’s resolution into a habit
I have a bad relationship with New Year’s resolutions. I start strong and then peter out by mid-January as work deadlines, home chores and the…
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Here’s why we can have some hope about the Covid pandemic
The US keep breaking records in the coronavirus pandemic. The latest: 3 million new cases in the first two weeks of the year. But some experts say…
Continue ReadingCovid cases remain lowest among younger children, even after schools reopened, study says
A new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that Covid-19 cases among younger children remained low even after schools…
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