[ad_1] AUSTIN, Texas (KBTX) – Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has allocated more than 1.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the state of Texas. According to Abbott, the vaccines are expected to start arriving in Texas during the week of December 14. They will be … Read more
[ad_1] December 2, 2020 6:58 PM Elenee Dao Posted: December 2, 2020 6:58 PM SPOKANE, Wash. – Imagine not being able to put on socks and shoes easily. This is the reality right now for Jacob Bird. “It took a very long time to wait for the hip replacement,” he told 4 News Now. Bird … Read more
[ad_1] Local public health officials expect Colorado to receive Pfizer’s first batch of COVID-19 vaccine in about 10 days, pending federal approval, and the state is estimated to acquire between 47,000 and 150,000 doses through this initial shipment. The first doses of the vaccine, whose use has not yet been approved by the United States … Read more
[ad_1] A clarification has been made to this story. See note below. Nine young inmates at the Santa Clara County juvenile ward and ranch, and four staff members, tested positive for COVID-19 last week, officials said on Wednesday, ending a nine-month period since the start of the pandemic with no known infection. transmissions in juvenile … Read more
[ad_1] The most recent toll is an increase of about 20% from the previous record of 2,603 set on April 15. During the pandemic, 273,799 people in the United States have died from the virus and more than 13.9 million have been infected, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. The record comes as the … Read more
[ad_1] TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – Governor Laura Kelly said on Wednesday that the state expects to receive its first delivery of a COVID-19 vaccine in a few weeks. She said the vaccine will be distributed in three phases and that her plan is in line with CDC recommendations. According to Kelly, Kansas is expected to … Read more
[ad_1] A total of 273,799 people in the United States have died from the virus and more than 13.9 million have been infected, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Health experts predict the number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths will worsen as the holidays bring people together and time moves them indoors. The push … Read more
[ad_1] The skin – the largest organ in the body – constantly monitors pain. It can automatically trigger actions to avoid pain by reflexes, such as when we touch something dangerously hot. Now, researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have created artificial skin that mimics this mechanism and responds to pain stimuli. Made of … Read more
[ad_1] The United States took another grim milestone on Wednesday, with nearly 205,000 new cases of Covid-19 reported in a single day, according to an NBC News tally. The figure comes just a month after the one-day record in the United States for the first time surpassed 100,000 cases. More than 2,700 people died on … Read more
[ad_1] As the rapid rise in the number of coronavirus cases stabilizes this week in Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia, the number of hospitalizations remains a matter of concern. In the past month, hospitalizations have increased 3.5 times in Maryland, more than doubled in Virginia and increased by 70% in Washington. Download our free NBC … Read more