CHICAGO – The City of Chicago and the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) today announced plans to open a COVID-19 vaccine distribution site at O’Hare International Airport to protect essential transportation workers who have kept the region moving throughout the pandemic. “These vaccines provide a […]
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Talking Europe – The unequal pandemic: Women paying a higher cost for Covid-19
Men and people from certain ethnic backgrounds seem to be at greater risk of dying from the disease. And on the economic front, your age, your ethnicity and your sex have a lot to do with how hard you are hit by the turmoil that the public […]
Covid-19 experience project launched by Aberdeen researchers
Researchers at Aberdeen University have launched a project aiming to record the experiences of people across the world living through the coronavirus pandemic. The international initiative works with teams from Scotland, Wales and the USA in collaboration with other individuals around the world, and aims […]
DTM (COVID-19) Global Mobility Restriction Overview – 1st March 2021 – World
The current outbreak of COVID-19 has affected global mobility in the form of various travel disruptions and restrictions. To better understand how COVID-19 affects global mobility, DTM has developed a COVID-19 database mapping the different restrictions to provide a global overview. For this, DTM uses […]
Dr. Scott Gottlieb says Covid mask mandates should be last virus mitigation measures lifted
Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC on Friday he believes governors are right to begin easing Covid restrictions on businesses as long as mask policies remain in effect. “Leaving the masks in place, having that be the last thing we lift, I think that’s prudent,” the former Food […]
Watch live: Biden Covid team holds briefing as more states lift pandemic restrictions
[The stream is slated to start at 11 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Joe Biden‘s Covid-19 response team is holding a news briefing Friday on the coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than […]
WHO says pandemic has caused more ‘mass trauma’ than WWII
The Covid-19 pandemic has caused mass trauma on a larger scale than World War II, and the impact will last “for many years to come,” the World Health Organization’s top official said Friday. “After the Second World War, the world has experienced mass trauma, because […]
CDC study finds easing mask and restaurant rules led to more Covid cases and deaths, as some states move to lift restrictions
Top U.S. health officials have repeatedly warned in recent weeks that the emergence of the new variants, especially the strain first identified in the U.K., known as B.1.1.7, stand to reverse the nation’s success tamping down its outbreak. The U.S. is reporting a daily average […]
Detroit mayor rejects initial J&J vaccine shipment, saying Pfizer and Moderna are ‘the best’
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan rejected an initial allotment of the single-shot Johnson Johnson Covid-19 vaccine this week, according to the Michigan state health department. At a press briefing Thursday, Duggan confirmed he declined this week’s allocation of JJ vaccines from the state, citing sufficient supply […]
1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine coming next week as Texas prepares to make more people eligible – KGBT
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas is expecting to receive more than 1 million first doses of COVID-19 vaccine next week, which will allow the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) to expand the number of providers that can give out shots. During a virtual briefing […]