Covid 19 In Us

COVID-19: Vaccinated people don't need masks outside except in crowds, says US health body

Under the newly-released guidelines from the Centres for Disease Control, fully vaccinated people can eat, walk or attend small gatherings outside without a mask

How Navajo health workers stepped up efforts to assist vulnerable citizens during COVID-19

Nearly 30,000 people on the reservation have been infected with COVID-19 over the past year, and more than 1,200 have died.

Joe Biden slams 'Neanderthal thinking' of Texas, Mississippi to end mask mandates

Texas, followed by Mississippi, brushed off warnings to not relax restrictions on Tuesday, saying businesses, including restaurants and bars, could operate as normal from coming week

'A different Christmas': COVID-19 dampens celebrations across the world; UK buckles down after new virus strain detected

Countries like Italy, Austria, and Germany have imposed curfews for Christmas and New Year's Eve. Others, like Israel, are preparing to impose new lockdown restrictions

In Thanksgiving address, Joe Biden says citizens at war against COVID-19 and 'not each other'

President-elect Biden said citizens should forego high-risk holiday traditions as cases of the virus continue to surge in the US, which, with over 2,62,100 deaths, is the world's worst-hit nation

Pfizer, BioNTech seek emergency use of COVID-19 shots in US, but vaccine still months away, say experts

Friday’s filing sets off a chain of events as the US FDA and its independent advisers debate if the shots are ready. If so, still the CDC will have to decide how the initial limited supplies are rationed out to anxiously awaiting Americans

Joe Biden unlikely to be able to pass sweeping changes in healthcare through a divided Congress

Progressives who drive the Democratic Party's health care agenda say Biden must try as hard as he can to deliver, even if Republicans get a majority in the Senate

Coronavirus cases in US reach record high with over 83,000 cases in a day; deaths near 224,000

The US surge mirrors a similarly widespread spike in Europe, where Rome, Paris, and other major cities are reining in nightlife as part of the increasingly drastic measures undertaken to slow the spread of the pandemic

'Absolutely not' surprised Donald Trump contracted COVID-19, says Anthony Fauci

During an interview to CBS, the US' top infectious diseases expert appeared to be referring to the White House Rose Garden event on 26 September, which he had previously labelled as a "super-spreader" event

Donald Trump canvasses in must-win states of Florida and Georgia amid voter disenchantment over COVID-19 response

Earlier this week, Trump also had to court voters in Iowa, a state where he is neck and neck with Joe Biden, though he won the state by 9 points in 2016