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U.S. Daily COVID-19 Case Count Sets New Record for the Pandemic

SATURDAY, Oct. 24, 2020 — The United States broke a bleak record on Friday, logging the highest daily number of new coronavirus cases since the pandemic began. The tally of over 80,000 new infections eclipses the previous record of 76,533 new cases set on July 17, during a surge in cases across the Sun Belt,… Read More: U.S. Daily COVID-19 Case Count Sets New Record for the… »

U.S. is staring down a ‘substantial third wave’ of coronavirus cases. Here are the numbers

A patient arrives at the Emergency entrance to Maimonides Medical Center, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in the Borough Park neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, U.S., October 14, 2020. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Colder temperatures are arriving in the Northern Hemisphere, and an insidious rise in new coronavirus cases in the… Read More: U.S. is staring down a ‘substantial third wave’ of coronavirus… »

No End in Sight as U.S. Cases Pass 5 Million

Carlos Del Rio, MD, professor of Global Health and Epidemiology, Emory University, Atlanta Amesh Adalja, MD, senior scholar, The Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security in Baltimore Harry Heiman, MD, clinical associate professor of Health Policy and Behavioral Sciences at Georgia State University, Atlanta Tom Frieden, MD, president and CEO, Resolve to Save Lives, New… Read More: No End in Sight as U.S. Cases Pass 5 Million »

U.S. government gives Moderna Inc $472 million for coronavirus vaccine development

A view of Moderna headquarters on May 08, 2020 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Moderna was given FDA approval to continue to phase 2 of Coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine trials with 600 participants. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) Moderna Inc., a biotech company that develops pharmaceuticals, received $ 472 million award from the federal Biomedical Advanced Research and… Read More: U.S. government gives Moderna Inc $472 million for coronavirus vaccine… »