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[ad_1] President Donald Trump’s Department of Veterans Affairs is throwing away the additional coronavirus vaccine found in Pfizer vials designed to deliver five inoculations. Why? “Inventory tracking.” Just a day after doctors and nurses began to inject Americans with the long-awaited coronavirus vaccine, reports began to flow that many vials, which contain five injections, had … Read more

[ad_1] A man uses his sleeve to press the crosswalk button at the intersection of High and Congress streets in Portland. Ben McCanna / Team Photographer State health officials on Thursday reported a daily high of 590 new COVID-19 cases, breaking the record for just 24 hours. There were nine more deaths, adding to what … Read more

[ad_1] Pfizer said on Thursday that none of its coronavirus vaccine shipments were delayed or suspended and that there were no issues with its production. In a statement, the drugmaker said this week it “successfully shipped the 2.9 million doses that the US government has asked us to ship to locations it indicates.” Further, Pfizer … Read more

[ad_1] December 17 (Reuters) – U.S. coronavirus deaths soared to a daily high of 3,580 and hospitalizations rose for the 19th day in a row on Wednesday, raising the stakes as regulators on Thursday considered whether to approve a second vaccine COVID-19. Another 232,255 cases were reported, the second-highest daily load on record, with California … Read more

[ad_1] BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) – The Brazos County Health District reported 102 additional positive cases of COVID-19 in Brazos County. Currently, there are 1,153 active cases. One new death has been reported in the past 24 hours, the resident was an African American male in his 50s who died at his home. There have been … Read more

[ad_1] Twitter will delete tweets that spread harmful disinformation, starting with the Covid-19 vaccine, the company said – and from 2021, it will start tagging tweets that push conspiracy theories. The move sees the company following Facebook and YouTube to tighten policies around the coronavirus vaccination as the rollout of the jab begins across the … Read more

[ad_1] SALEM, Oregon – The Oregon Health Authority announced Thursday that its Pfizer vaccine allocation has been reduced by nearly 15,000 doses for the week of December 20. Further Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine deliveries are scheduled for the weeks of December 20 and December 27, when allocations of 25,350 and 48,750, respectively, are expected to arrive in … Read more

[ad_1] San Luis Obispo County reports the deaths of two other people who tested positive for COVID-19. Health officials said both patients were 80 and 90 years old. Both had underlying health issues. San Luis Obispo County also added 179 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, bringing the county’s total to 8,269 confirmed cases as of … Read more

[ad_1] New York City’s public hospital system quietly suspended elective surgeries earlier this week to free up space for coronavirus patients as test positivity rates and the number of new cases continue to rise officials revealed Thursday. The move came on Tuesday as the city’s average positivity rate continued to climb. That rate hit 6% … Read more

[ad_1] The fingertip device that measures a person’s blood oxygen saturation level may give blacks false readings more frequently than whites, according to a recent study. The results were noted in a Dec. 17 report published by the New England Journal of Medicine. A team studied more than 10,000 pairs of measurements of adult patients … Read more