The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and German partner BioNTech may be high-tech, but the ingredients add up to “just pretty basic chemistry.”
Author: Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY
This group of governors represent 1 in 3 Americans. They’re putting politics aside to defeat COVID-19 across state lines.
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The US will have 40M doses of the COVID vaccine by the end of the year. How many people should get them?
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told the USA TODAY Editorial Board the first 40 million doses should be given to 40 million people, instead of 20 million.
CDC says recommended quarantine time after COVID-19 exposure may be shortened to 7 or 10 days, down from 14
Guidance until now had recommended quarantining for 14 days after exposure to a coronavirus-infected person within 6 feet for a total of 15 minutes.
COVID-19 may have been spreading in the US at least a month before first case was reported, CDC study says
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Women are more likely than men to develop heart failure or die after a heart attack, study says
A study found that women face a 20% increased risk of developing heart failure or dying within five years after their first severe heart attack.
Fauci worries Thanksgiving may be the start of a dark holiday season if COVID-19 cases continue to soar
Anthony Fauci said the country is in a vulnerable position heading into the holidays because infections are too high to be able to control surges.
US tops one-day record with 83,757 COVID-19 cases, exceeding previous summer high
News comes on heels of study by University of Washington School of Medicine that projected more than 500,000 Americans could die by end of February.
US reaches 200K coronavirus deaths as Trump praises administration for doing ‘phenomenal job’ with pandemic
In March, Trump said keeping the death toll between 100,000 to 200,000 people would have indicated that his administration had “done a very good job.”
Vladimir Putin says Russia has registered a coronavirus vaccine, and his daughter has been given it
Russia’s Vladimir Putin says the vaccine has proven efficient in tests, offering a lasting immunity from COVID-19, and his daughter has received it.