US hits highest 7-day average of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began
The latest surge of Covid-19 infections has pushed the seven-day average of new daily cases to heights not seen since the pandemic began.
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Fact-checking Trump's exaggerated claims that Democratic-run states are 'shut down'
President Donald Trump keeps saying that Democratic-run states are "closed" or "shut down."
Despite the Trump administration's new policy, many pharmacies still won't vaccinate children against flu
As a dark winter approaches with "twindemics" of Covid-19 and the flu, an effort by the Trump administration to increase the number of children receiving flu shots is not working, according to a CNN investigation.
US reports second highest day of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. The highest day was Friday
As the fall surge continues, the United States has reported its second highest day of new Covid-19 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
US reports second highest day of coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. The highest day was Friday
As the fall surge continues, the United States has reported its second highest day of new Covid-19 cases, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Fauci says it might be time to mandate masks as Covid-19 surges across US
Dr. Anthony Fauci has been reluctant to support a federal mask mandate.
Crawford County changes student quarantine policy
Students in Crawford County will no longer have to quarantine after being exposed to a positive COVID case in the classroom.
Bilingualism is good medicine for the brain
Shortly after Kathy Jones relocated to California, the retired professor decided she needed to learn to speak Spanish.
In Mississippi, more White people now have gotten Covid-19 than African Americans. Attitudes about masks might help explain why, official says
For the longest time in this pandemic, coronavirus had infected and killed more African Americans in Mississippi than White people, which experts explained in part by pointing to racial health disparities in one of the most impoverished states.
Task force warns several US regions show signs of 'deterioration' amid Covid-19 surges
With more than two dozen states reporting rising Covid-19 infections, new reports from leading health officials show a worsening of the pandemic across several US regions.
The US just reported its highest number of Covid-19 infections in one day since the pandemic's start
The US reported more than 80,000 new coronavirus infections Friday -- the highest daily case number since the pandemic began.
New cases hit three-month high as Covid-19 hospitalizations soar
Thursday was the first day with more than 70,000 new US Covid-19 cases in three months, and the hospitalization rate is soaring, new data reveal.
Med-Day Thursday: Diabetes Awareness
Ahead of Diabetes Awareness Week, Dr. Michael Nagle joins us to discuss the treatments and technology surround diabetic foot ulcers. Learn more about Diabetes by clicking here
The US topped 1,000 daily Covid-19 deaths and experts worry the worst of the fall surge is yet to come
The US reported more than 1,100 new Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday -- the highest daily toll recorded in more than a month.
A 'building distrust' in public health agencies is 'the elephant in the room,' Fauci says
There is a "building distrust" in public health agencies as the coronavirus pandemic resurges in large parts of the United States, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government's leading infectious disease official, in a recent interview.
Utah heart attack victim competes for medical care amid surge in Covid-19 cases
In the predawn hours of a recent Tuesday morning in a suburban Salt Lake City hospital, Laurie Terry's doctor made a disturbing discovery: Utah's record setting Covid-19 outbreak had become more dangerous than many knew.
Coronavirus vaccine volunteer in Brazil's AstraZeneca trial dies -- but authorities say trial to continue
A volunteer in Brazil's trial of AstraZeneca's experimental coronavirus vaccine has died, the Brazilian health agency Anvisa announced on Wednesday. Yet the trial is set to continue.
CDC updates its guidelines for close Covid-19 contact after prison guard gets infected
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its definition of a close contact with a Covid-19 patient to include multiple, brief exposures, after a Vermont prison worker appears to have been infected that way, CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said Wednesday.
Covid-19 is surging in small-town America
After more than half a year of fighting the novel coronavirus, many countries, including the United States, are now experiencing a calamitous upward turn in Covid-19 cases. Last week saw consecutive days of over 50,000 cases nationwide pushing the total number of diagnosed cases over 8 million.
Before you get a flu shot, get good sleep to increase its effectiveness, experts say
We all know how much better we feel after a good night's sleep.
US is nearing 'rapid acceleration' of Covid-19 cases, expert warns, as daily infections top 60,000
A leading health expert says US Covid-19 cases will begin to rapidly accelerate in a week as the country topped 60,000 new infections Tuesday -- triple what the daily average was back in June, when restrictions had begun to ease.
There's no one left to rein in Trump's reckless rally strategy as virus rages
The last time coronavirus cases were surging in the United States, President Donald Trump pressed his advisers to allow him back on the trail and in front of the massive rally crowds he believes are his political lifeline.
New York bars wedding of a Brooklyn rabbi's grandson expected to draw 10,000 people
A wedding at a Hasidic Jewish synagogue that was expected to draw up to 10,000 people has been barred by a New York state order, according to officials.
