Tag: Coronavirus

Experts say the tragic milestone likely occurred months ago; higher vaccinations could have prevented fatalities.

More than 500,000 people have died from COVID-19 in the U.S. This week President Biden is asking Americans to mark the 500,000 deaths with a moment of silence at sunset Monday. He's also ordered flags on all federal buildings lowered to half-staff for five days.

While kids generally don't get severe cases of COVID-19 as often as older populations, they can still get seriously ill and die from the disease. More than 600 children in the U.S. have died from the disease.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older.

Canadians will be able to get the COVID-19 vaccine for free when one is developed, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in the House of Commons.

President Donald Trump said early Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump have tested positive for the coronavirus.

“If you only look at COVID deaths, you’re actually missing the scale of the setback.”

CDC now reporting over 200,000 Coronavirus related deaths in the United States

Medical officials in California's Santa Clara County, in the heart of Silicon Valley, indicated late Tuesday that the first U.S. death connected to the coronavirus happened weeks earlier than previously believed.

On March 13, 2020, the President declared the ongoing Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic of sufficient severity and magnitude to warrant an emergency declaration for all states, tribes, territories, and the District of Columbia.