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US approves Pfizer vaccine storage at normal freezer temperature

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 26 07:18 AM

Frozen vials of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may be stored at temperatures commonly found in pharmaceutical freezers for a period of up to 2 weeks, the US Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. Read more »

Pfizer to ship 13 million COVID-19 vaccine doses per week to US by mid-March: executive

Carl O'Donnell, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 04:34 PM

Pfizer Inc expects to deliver more than 13 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine per week to the United States by the middle of March, more than doubling its shipments from early February, a top Pfizer executive said in prepared testimony ahead of a Tuesday congressional hearing. Read more »

Why the US has the highest COVID-19 death toll

Catherine Triomphe, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 23 12:32 PM

The United States crossed the grim milestone of 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 on Monday, a year since announcing its first known death from the virus on February 29, 2020 in the Seattle area. Read more »

Biden says US has acquired 200 million more COVID vaccine doses

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 12 07:34 AM

US President Joe Biden said Thursday the government had signed deals to acquire 200 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses. Read more »

Better behavior, fledgling population immunity behind US case decline

Issam Ahmed, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 30 11:08 AM

Cases of COVID-19 in the US are declining. What's behind the slide? Experts say there are many reasons, from a better adherence to masking and distancing measures, to the fact that the holiday period is now well behind us.   Read more »

US COVID-19 death toll hits new daily record of nearly 4,500: Johns Hopkins

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 13 11:52 AM

The US death toll from COVID-19 hit a new daily record of nearly 4,500, Johns Hopkins University said Tuesday evening. Read more »

ICUs clogged on the way in, morgues on the way out in California's COVID crisis

Lucy Nicholson, Reuters
Posted at Jan 09 11:49 AM

Southern California is so overwhelmed with coronavirus cases that patients are backed up trying to get into hospitals, and corpses get stuck in another logjam once they leave.   Read more »

US logs more than 3,900 COVID deaths in new 24-hour record: Johns Hopkins

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 11:23 AM

The United States broke its own record for the number of daily deaths from COVID-19 yet again Tuesday, recording 3,936 fatalities in 24 hours, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins university. Read more »

New Year arrives with US hitting 20 million COVID-19 cases

Ben Sheppard, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 02 10:35 AM

The United States marked the New Year on Friday by passing the extraordinary milestone of 20 million COVID-19 cases, after global celebrations welcoming in 2021 were largely muted by the pandemic.   Read more »

US logs more than 3,900 COVID-19 deaths in new daily record: Johns Hopkins

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 31 10:26 AM

More than 3,900 people died of COVID-19 in the US Wednesday, according to a count released by Johns Hopkins University, a new daily record for fatalities from the virus.  Read more »

Newly-elected US lawmaker dies of COVID-19

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 30 01:55 PM

A representative-elect from Louisiana died of COVID-19 Tuesday, the first member of the US Congress to succumb to the disease. Read more »

US House approves $2,000 coronavirus aid checks sought by Trump

Susan Cornwell and Steve Holland, Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 08:28 AM

The Democratic-led US House of Representatives voted 275-134 to meet President Donald Trump's demand for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks on Monday, sending the measure on to an uncertain future in the Republican-controlled Senate. Read more »

'My second life': California nurse walks out of hospital after 8-month COVID-19 ordeal

Steve Gorman, Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 09:00 AM

She came close to death on several occasions, her doctors later revealed. So dire was her condition at one point that end-of-life options were discussed with her family.   Read more »

Pfizer nears deal with US to supply additional COVID-19 vaccine doses

Reuters
Posted at Dec 23 07:33 AM

As part of the new negotiations, the government is asking for 100 million additional doses from Pfizer from April through June. Read more »

US surpasses 18 million reported COVID-19 cases: Johns Hopkins

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 22 12:03 PM

The US has the world's highest absolute number of cases as well as the most deaths related to the virus, according to the figures. Read more »

US health worker has serious allergic reaction to Pfizer vaccine

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 17 12:48 PM

WASHINGTON - A health worker in Alaska suffered a serious allergic reaction after getting Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine and is now hospitalized but stable, a report said Wednesday. Read more »

US sets new 24-hour record of COVID-19 infections

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 16 01:37 PM

The US set a new daily record of COVID-19 cases Tuesday, with more than 248,000 infections registered in the past 24 hours, the Johns Hopkins University virus monitor reported. Read more »

US FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 12 11:50 AM

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it authorized the use of Pfizer Inc's COVID-19 vaccine on Friday, with the first inoculations expected within days, marking a turning point in the United States where the pandemic has killed more than 292,000 people.   Read more »

Biden picks California official Becerra for health secretary: report

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 07 10:41 AM

Joe Biden plans to nominate California attorney general Xavier Becerra for secretary of health and human services, which would add another Latino member to the president-elect's increasingly diverse cabinet. Read more »

‘It’s terrible, because it was avoidable’: US virus deaths have passed spring peak

Sabrina Tavernise, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 03 12:00 PM

The United States on Wednesday recorded its single-worst daily death toll since the pandemic began, and on a day when COVID-19 hospitalizations also hit an all-time high, the pace of loss showed no signs of slowing any time soon.   Read more »