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The virus won’t stop evolving when the vaccine arrives
Dec 04, 2020 06:03The coronavirus is not a shape shifter like the flu virus, but it could become vaccine resistant over time. That prompts researchers to urge vigilance.
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US COVID-19 hospitalizations top 100,000 as California readies new restrictions
Dec 04, 2020 04:58The United States topped 14 million known COVID-19 infections on Thursday with over 100,000 patients hospitalized for the first time as California imposed stay-at-home orders to take effect.
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US hospitals brace for COVID-19 surge
Dec 03, 2020 16:32US Hospitals are facing rising pressure from a surge of coronavirus cases that is threatening to overwhelm their capacity, as the country braces for further escalation following Thanksgiving.
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US hits record coronavirus deaths in a single day
Dec 03, 2020 13:47Record-high coronavirus infections and hospitalizations have been reported in the US, as health care officials say their staff and facilities are struggling to support burgeoning numbers of patients.
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Mnuchin violates CARES act with plan to move $455 billion in unspent COVID funds
Dec 03, 2020 11:52Bloomberg reported that the funds, which the US Congress allocated to the Federal Reserve in March for emergency lending programs to assist local governments and struggling businesses, will be put in the US Treasury Department’s General Fund following Mnuchin’s widely condemned decision last week to cut off the relief programs at the end of the year.
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Making headlines: COVID-19 and gender inequality
Dec 03, 2020 11:41We have repeatedly heard about how COVID-19 disproportionately affects women. While men are more likely to die from the virus, in many other respects, women are bearing the brunt of the pandemic’s impact.
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Coronavirus cases in Iran exceed one million
Dec 03, 2020 11:38The total number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in Iran surpassed one million, the Health Ministry said.
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COVID-19 was present in US earlier than identified: American scientists
Dec 03, 2020 06:42The coronavirus infected people in the United States weeks before it was officially identified in China, according to US scientists who say the pandemic could have originated elsewhere in the globe and was silently spreading earlier than thought.
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Biden promises COVID-19 aid as Trump hints at 2024
Dec 03, 2020 06:34Former US Vice President Joe Biden, who was projected by the media as the winner of the 2020 presidential elections has promised that more COVID-19 aid would be on the way, saying he would act quickly to provide more resources to fight the health crisis after his January 20 inauguration.
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Yemen: In a country stalked by disease, COVID barely registers
Dec 02, 2020 14:29At the beginning of 2020, as COVID-19 began to spread from China and around the world, health workers and aid agencies predicted that the virus’s impact on Yemen’s vulnerable population would be catastrophic, forecasting a 90 percent infection rate.