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.
Author: Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY
‘My life is forever changed’: Michigan woman makes miracle recovery from COVID-19 after 196 days in the hospital
Deanna Hair, 67, was discharged from Michigan Medicine in Ann Arbor Thursday after fighting COVID-19 complications for more than six months.
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.”
‘Guided by the best science’: FDA officials pledge to not rush COVID vaccine amid political pressure
The letter comes after the agency came under heavy fire for approving convalescent plasma therapy for emergency use as a COVID-19 treatment.
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.
‘Rest in paradise’: Georgia teen loses both mom and dad to COVID-19 in the same week
Justin Hunter,17, lost his father on July 26 and his mother on July 30. He said they “were a regular family just trying to stay safe.”
Can kids spread the coronavirus? ‘Conclusively, without a doubt – yes,’ experts say
Medical experts say kids recover quicker from COVID-19, but can still be carriers of the virus and facilitate spread in their communities.
WHO official walks back comments on asymptomatic transmission being ‘very rare’
Dr. Maria Van Kerkhove, WHO’s technical lead for COVID-19 response, clarified Tuesday that asymptomatic transmission is still ‘a major unknown.’
Men may be more vulnerable to the coronavirus than women. A new study could help explain why.
European researchers found that concentrations of an enzyme that enables COVID-19 infection are higher in men than women among heart failure patients.
The coronavirus pandemic has slashed US organ transplants in half, analysis shows
Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and the Paris Transplant Group in France found a steep reduction in kidney transplants, specifically.