Latest Coronavirus News

• White House: COVID-19 Numbers Take a 'Concerning Shift' After weeks of declining, COVID-19 numbers are back on the rise and new variants continue to emerge, according to White House officials -- just as states begin to lift restrictions and open doors to restaurants and businesses.
  WebMD Health News, February 26, 2021
• COVID-19 Vaccination Linked to Less Mechanical Ventilation A new report from Israel links COVID-19 vaccination to a drop in the need for mechanical ventilation among people 70 and older.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2021
• NYC Officials Downplay Concern Over New Coronavirus Variant Mayor Bill de Blasio's chief medical adviser downplayed the results of studies that may suggest a new COVID variant found in New York in November will be more resistant to vaccines.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• Weary of COVID Variants, EU Leaders Push to Step Up Vaccination German Chancellor Angela Merkel said the European Union must prepare to vaccinate for new COVID variants over the coming years after EU leaders discussed ways of salvaging tourism.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• Ireland Sees Strong Early Evidence That Vaccines Are Working Ireland is beginning to see strong early evidence that its COVID-19 vaccine rollout is protecting healthcare workers and care home residents from catching the disease, health officials said.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• A Patchwork: Europe and COVID-19 Vaccination Passports European Union leaders moved closer to an agreement on certificates showing that citizens have been vaccinated against COVID-19, a move that could revive international travel.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• EU Regulator Plans to Fast Track Variant-Modified COVID Vaccines Europe's medicines regulator said it has issued new guidance for drug makers that modify their COVID-19 vaccines to protect against variants of the virus to speed up the approval process.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• Ad Campaign to Combat Vaccine Hesitancy in US With Celebrity Help The Ad Council launched a campaign designed to combat hesitancy about the safety of the coronavirus vaccine, blanketing messages across TV, radio, websites, and social media.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• Regeneron to Stop Placebo in COVID Trial After 'Clear Efficacy' Regeneron said that an independent panel found the company's COVID-19 antibody cocktail to have 'clear clinical efficacy' in reducing the rates of hospitalization and deaths in patients.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• GSK Will Focus on Elderly in Trial to Treat Pneumonia From COVID GlaxoSmithKline will extend a trial testing an experimental rheumatoid arthritis drug on patients suffering from COVID-related pneumonia in order to focus on the elderly.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• Debilitating 'Long-COVID' May Have Severe Health Impacts: WHO Thousands of COVID-19 patients continue to suffer serious symptoms months after their initial infection, with major social, health and economic consequences, European health experts said.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• EU Countries Report Offers for 900 Million COVID Vaccines Several European Union countries have reported offers from 'alleged intermediaries' for 900 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines for some 12.7 billion euros, the bloc's anti-fraud agency OLAF said.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• Pfizer-BioNTech Testing Booster of COVID Vaccine in New Trial Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE said they are testing a third dose of their COVID-19 vaccine to better understand the immune response against new variants of the virus.
  Reuters Health Information, February 25, 2021
• Biden's CDC Director Has Long Used Data to Save Lives When Dr Rochelle Walensky stepped up to lead the CDC, she promised to keep telling the truth -- even when it's bad news.
  Kaiser Health News, February 26, 2021
• Vaccines Came Too Late for at Least 400 Medical Workers As healthcare workers in the US began lining up for their first coronavirus vaccines on December 14, Los Angeles nursing assistant Esmeralda Campos-Loredo, was already fighting for oxygen.
  Kaiser Health News, February 26, 2021
• US Nursing Home Deaths Decline Sharply Deaths and confirmed coronavirus cases have dropped sharply in US nursing homes ― a category of all long-term care facilities ― since the vaccination program began.
  WebMD Health News, February 26, 2021
• Missed Visits During Pandemic Cause 'Detrimental Ripple Effects' Patients with chronic diseases are more likely to have postponed care because of COVID-19 precautions, a survey finds, and physicians are seeing the consequences.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• Murthy for SG, Levine for HHS Get Mostly Positive Senate Reception In committee hearing, the surgeon general and assistant health secretary nominees vow to attack COVID-19, as well as mental health and substance use crises.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• Google-Backed Database Tracks Details on COVID Cases Worldwide Google supplied funds and expertise to build the repository; it's unclear how the international database will be financed in the long term.
  Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2021
• Gym Sessions Without Masks Can Spread COVID-19, CDC Studies Say Gyms can be hot spots for COVID-19 outbreaks if people don't wear face masks, even if they follow social distancing guidelines, according to new research from the CDC.
  WebMD Health News, February 25, 2021