Deborah Birx, coronavirus response coordinator for the White House Coronavirus Task Force, speaks after a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing at the Department of Health and Human Services on June 26, 2020 in Washington, DC. Joshua Roberts | Getty Images Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus task force coordinator, said on Sunday that the […]
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Florida’s COVID-19 Cases Surge Past New York’s As U.S. Deaths Hit 1,000 For 4th Day
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CDC says U.S. has ‘way too much virus’ to control pandemic as cases surge across country
Anne Schuchat, director of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), speaks during a U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, March 3, 2020. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg via Getty Images The coronavirus is spreading too rapidly and too broadly for the U.S. to […]
Gilead sets list price of remdesivir in Covid-19 for U.S. commercial payers, developed countries
The first company to get an emergency use authorization for an antiviral to treat the virus that causes Covid-19 has announced plans to price the drug well below the expectations of a prominent U.S. drug-pricing watchdog, but in line with those of investment bank analysts. In an open letter Monday, Gilead Sciences CEO Daniel O’Day […]
As U.S. coronavirus cases spike, country will ‘be seeing more deaths,’ Dr. Fauci says
As coronavirus cases spike mostly across the American South and West, the country will soon “be seeing more deaths,” White House health adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci warned Friday. Deaths caused by Covid-19 lag behind other data points such as hospitalizations, which lag behind confirmed infections as the disease can take weeks to fully develop in […]
Coronavirus cases grow in more than 30 states as the U.S. sets a record for average daily cases
Co-director of the intensive care unit at CommonSpirit’s Dignity Health California Hospital Medical Center, Dr. Zafia Anklesaria, 35, who is seven months pregnant, attends to a COVID-19 patient in the hospital where she works, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 18, 2020. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Coronavirus cases are […]
Record spikes in U.S. coronavirus cases push up hospitalization rates in 16 states
A waiter wearing a protective face shield and mask serves customers at a Third Street Promenade restaurant on June 21, 2020 in Santa Monica, California. David Livingston | Getty Images The U.S. reported more than 34,400 coronavirus cases on Wednesday, according to a CNBC analysis of Johns Hopkins University data, after health officials in California, […]
Australian device maker strikes partnership with the U.S. Oncology Network
An Australian medical device maker that has a cleared device to detect lymphedema struck a national purchasing agreement with the U.S. Oncology Network. The Texas-based group has more than 1,200 physicians across 470 locations, and is a subsidiary of McKesson Corporation. Lymphedema is a condition characterized by swelling in the arms and legs. It can […]
New U.S. Coronavirus Cases Hit Highest Level In 2 Months
BEIJING (AP) — New coronavirus cases in the U.S. have surged to their highest level in two months and are now back to where they were at the peak of the outbreak. The U.S. on Tuesday reported 34,700 new cases of the virus, according to a tally compiled by Johns Hopkins University that was published […]
Surging U.S. Virus Cases Raise Fear That Progress Is Slipping
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Coronavirus cases in Florida surpassed 100,000 on Monday, part of an alarming surge across the South and West as states reopen for business and many Americans resist wearing masks or keeping their distance from others. The disturbing signs in the Sunshine State as well as places like Arizona, Alabama, Texas […]
U.S. reports 30,000 daily coronavirus cases, highest number since May 1
The U.S reported some 30,000 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest number of daily infections recorded since May 1, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University. New cases across the country are surging faster than ever, especially in states in the South, West and Midwest. Officials are warning that some clusters of infections […]
Putin says U.S. coronavirus pandemic and protests reflect ‘deep domestic crises’
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin during their teleconference meeting on Russia’s economy recovery on June 2, 2020. – Russian President Vladimir Putin has connected the U.S.’ handling of the coronavirus crisis with the widespread civil unrest and anti-racism protests in the country, according to Russian media reports. Putin said […]
‘The second wave has begun’: U.S. doctor says medical system may be stressed if people aren’t careful
A second wave of coronavirus has started in the U.S. — and people need to remain careful or risk stressing out the health-care system again, said William Schaffner, a professor at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. “The second wave has begun,” said the professor of medicine told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Monday. “We’re opening up across the country, but many, many people […]
CDC warns U.S. may reimplement strict coronavirus measures if cases go up ‘dramatically’
With the relaxing of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions, visitors crowd the boardwalk on Memorial Day weekend in Ocean City, Maryland, May 23, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters States may need to reimplement the strict social distancing measures that were put in place earlier this year if U.S. coronavirus cases rise “dramatically,” a Centers for […]
Florida Migrant Towns Become Coronavirus Hot Spots In U.S.
IMMOKALEE, Fla. (AP) — When much of the world was staying at home to slow the spread of the new coronavirus, Elbin Sales Perez continued to rise at 4:30 a.m. to report to his landscaping job in a rural Florida town. Now, a couple of months later, as state-imposed restrictions are lifted and Floridians begin […]