Three doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine offer strong protection for children younger than 5, the company announced this morning. Pfizer plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week in a step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots. The news comes after months of anxious ...
GENEVA (AP) — The number of coronavirus deaths globally dropped by about 21 percent in the past week while cases rose in most parts of the world, according to the World Health Organization. In its weekly report on the pandemic released today, the U.N. health agency said the number of new ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un criticized officials over slow medicine deliveries and mobilized the military to respond to a surge in suspected COVID-19 infections, as his nation struggled to contain a fever that has reportedly killed dozens and sickened nearly a ...
The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 1 million this morning, a once-unimaginable figure that only hints at the multitudes of loved ones and friends staggered by grief and frustration. The confirmed number of dead is equivalent to a 9/11 attack every day for 336 days. It is roughly equal to ...
COVID-19 cases in Ohio are at their highest level in three months. This was the sixth straight week with an increase in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents in the state. During those six weeks, cases in Ohio have increased more than 550 percent. Ohio had a 40 percent increase in COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents this week compared to last week. The six weeks of increases came after 10 consecutive weeks of declines. Before that, there were 11 straight weeks of increases. There were 205.7 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between April 28 and Wednesday compared ...
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Six people have died and 350,000 have been treated for a fever that has spread "explosively" across North Korea, state media said today, a day after the country acknowledged a COVID-19 outbreak for the first time in the pandemic. North Korea likely doesn't have ...
