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President-elect Joe Biden on Friday unveiled a broad plan to accelerate the sluggish level of state by state COVID-19 … [Read more...] about Biden will send FEMA, Guard to up COVID-19 vaccination rates

In a speech Friday from Wilmington, Del., President-elect Joe Biden will finally detail his plan to fix America’s troubled … [Read more...] about How Biden’s new COVID-19 vaccination plan could turn the tide of the pandemic

The coronavirus pandemic will shorten the life expectancy at birth for Americans by about a year due to the more than 336,000 … [Read more...] about COVID-19 will shorten American life expectancy, study shows

President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled a whopping $1.9 trillion economic recovery plan for digging out of the … [Read more...] about Joe Biden announces $1.9 trillion COVID-19 economic package

China on Thursday reported its first COVID-19 death in eight months. The death late Wednesday during a surge in cases in … [Read more...] about China reports first COVID-19 death in eight months

Dollar General will offer workers four hours worth of pay to get the COVID-19 vaccine, the company announced Wednesday. The … [Read more...] about Dollar General becomes the first retailer to announce plans to pay workers to get the COVID-19 vaccine

Passengers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. DANIEL SLIM/AFP via Getty ImagesThe travel industry is torn on … [Read more...] about What the COVID-19 vaccine could mean for the future of travel

Scientists at Ohio State University have discovered a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 — and also found the … [Read more...] about New variant of COVID-19 discovered in Ohio

A nurse prepares a coronavirus vaccine shot developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., July 2020. Hans … [Read more...] about Moderna CEO says data on the Covid-19 vaccine in young children likely won’t be available until 2022

Reps. Pramila Jayapal and Brad Schneider announced they have tested positive for COVID-19, the second and third Democrats to … [Read more...] about Two more House Democrats test positive for COVID-19, blame maskless colleagues for creating a ‘superspreader event’ amid Capitol siege

Damien Scott thought things couldn't get worse than in August, when a nursing home coronavirus outbreak left his rural east … [Read more...] about ‘It’s what we feared:’ Hospitals from Georgia to California face surging COVID-19 cases, staff shortages and rising deaths

BioNTech co-founders Dr. Ugur Sahin and Dr. Ozlem Tureci in its headquarters in Germany on Jan. 3.BioNTech co-founders Dr. … [Read more...] about mRNA Technology Gave Us the First COVID-19 Vaccines. It Could Also Upend the Drug Industry

JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty ImagesSweden has introduced a law that would allow the government to close restaurants, … [Read more...] about Sweden has passed a new law allowing coronavirus lockdown restrictions after its death toll reached a new high

A Russian Olympic gymnast is lucky to be alive after failing to realize her apartment was on fire because she has lost her … [Read more...] about Olympian loses home to fire after failing to smell smoke due to COVID-19