British scientists are trying to establish whether the rapid spread in southern England of a new variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 is linked to key mutations they have Continue Reading
The staff at Moscow’s Polyclinic No. 5, syringes at the ready, waited for the expected flood of people as the first phase of mass coronavirus vaccinations rolled out this week. Continue Reading
A child collects usable goods from the garbage in the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 2, 2020 It’s hard to remember, in the midst of a calamitous global pandemic, Continue Reading
In El Paso, hospitals reported that just 13 of 400 intensive care beds were not occupied last week. In Fargo, N.D., there were just three. In Albuquerque, there were zero. Continue Reading
Big Bend Regional Medical Center, the sole hospital for 12,000 square miles, has just 25 beds, and a makeshift Covid ward where patients are sequestered at the end of a Continue Reading
When Alina Kosova’s uncle fell ill in their Siberian village last month, the ambulance sent from the nearby city of Omsk left without him, prompting his family to drive him Continue Reading
San Francisco’s local lockdown began slightly earlier than in some other parts of the state Most parts of the US state of California are under a strict new lockdown, as Continue Reading
World Health Organization officials on Friday warned governments and citizens not to drop their guard over the COVID pandemic now a vaccination was close, saying healthcare systems could still buckle Continue Reading
The United States is winding up a particularly devastating week, one of the very worst since the coronavirus pandemic began nine months ago. On Friday, a national single-day record was set, Continue Reading
Over 1.5 million people have lost their lives due to COVID-19 with one death reported every nine seconds on a weekly average, as vaccinations are set to begin in December Continue Reading
