COVID news: Arizona, South Dakota no masks; Denver schools go virtual - 0 views
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The U.S. death toll from coronavirus has surpassed 250,000, including 1,700 reported Wednesday alone. Hospitalizations across the nation have exploded, with almost 80,000 Americans now receiving inpatient treatment.
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Still, some governors remain unconvinced that mandatory facial coverings are a necessary tool in curbing the pandemic.
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But he suggested that a statewide mask mandate would not help halt the surge, adding that it is nearly impossible to participate in the Arizona economy without wearing a mask due to various local restrictions.
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She said cases were increasing in many states with mandates, adding that communities were free to establish local regulations.
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The U.S. has reported more than 11.5 million cases and more than 250,000 deaths, according to Johns Hopkins University data. The global totals: 56.4 million cases and 1.35 million deaths.
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As state officials and lawmakers urged the shutdown of a Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Iowa, managers at the plant reportedly placed bets on how many would end up getting sick.
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As COVID-19 cases pile up at a staggering rate, Republicans and Democrats remain in stark disagreement over the threat of the virus and the steps necessary to mitigate its spread.
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That has surprised political scientists and public health experts who thought that, if the pandemic worsened, the partisan gap would begin to close
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He described further lockdowns as a last resort and said that if mask use reached 95%, lockdowns would not be needed.
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Almost 100,000 long-term care U.S. residents have died in the coronavirus pandemic, and advocates for the elderly say tens of thousands more are succumbing to neglect by overwhelmed staffs and slow declines from isolation imposed as protection from COVID.
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Although the COVID-19 outbreak is looking worse than ever, news from vaccine makers is fueling optimism
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That means we can begin inoculating health care and other essential workers even before we’re done with the Thanksgiving leftovers,
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The vaccine being developed Oxford researchers and U.K.-based AstraZeneca appears to trigger a "robust immune response" in healthy adults, including those aged 56 and older, the university said in a release.
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The U.S. has become the first country to have 250,000 people die from COVID-19, nearly 19% of the global total of 1.35 million fatalities.
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The death toll the virus has inflicted among Americans is more than twice as large as the number of U.S. service members who died in World War I.
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Colleges are scrambling to prevent a massive spread, with some urging or requiring students to quarantine or receive a negative coronavirus test before traveling home. Without those precautions, college leaders say, students should consider abstaining from their holiday plans and instead opt for a celebration closer to campus.
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Boston University's recommendation is that students either stay in Boston for the holiday or go home and not come back. Kenneth Elmore, dean of students, says the school is urging students to think of the greater good.
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As Arizona's COVID-19 trends spike, the state is giving hospitals $25 million to bolster staffing, but Gov. Doug Ducey said Wednesday that he won't impose a statewide mask mandate.
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Ducey suggested that a statewide mask mandate would not effectively curb the spread of the virus, and emphasized that about 90% of the state is under a local mask mandate. He also said it is nearly impossible to participate in the Arizona economy without wearing a mask.
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More than 90,000 students in the state's largest school district will return to virtual learning starting Nov. 30 through the end of the semester.
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The district reported about 13 cases per week when it first opened early childhood education centers. Cases have now surpassed 300 per week.
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There are some reasons for this. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, acknowledging the nation's pandemic-related rodent problem, points out restaurants have reduced service, which means fewer food scraps are ending up in the dumpsters on which rats and mice often feed.
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Dr. Anthony Fauci is urging Americans to "think twice" about traveling and having indoor gatherings for the holidays.
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"As we get into the colder weather, we should really think twice about these kind of dinner parties where you're not sure of whether the people that are in your bubble (are safe)," he said. "Then you're going to start seeing these unanticipated infections related to innocent home gatherings, particularly as we head into the holiday season."