“We cannot be resigned to 70,000 cases per day, 2,000 daily deaths,” the CDC’s Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Monday. Latest COVID-19 news.
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In deadliest avalanche month for US – 26 fatalities – Juneau, Alaska, ‘dodged a bullet’ this weekend
The threat of “historic avalanches” in Alaska’s capital city appeared to diminish on Sunday after some residents were advised to evacuate their homes.
Allegations of vaccine waste, theft investigated in Tennessee; Johnson & Johnson vaccine cleared for authorization: Latest COVID-19 updates
The FDA is holding an all-day meeting Friday to review data on Johnson & Johnson’s candidate vaccine. Global deaths top 2.5M. Latest COVID-19 updates.
A 150-million-mile selfie stick: How NASA’s Perseverance rover overcame ‘time and space’ to capture first Mars panorama
The panorama is a composite of 142 individual images taken by Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z camera system and shared by the rover’s Twitter account.
Moderna tests vaccine for variant first found in South Africa; California’s ‘variant of concern’ spreading: Live COVID-19 updates
New York City will reopen public schools to middle schoolers, providing in-classroom learning for another 62,000 students. Latest COVID-19 updates.
Vaccine could be available to all this summer; ‘SNL’ faces backlash for joke about Israeli vaccination effort: live COVID-19 updates
The White House said this weekend that despite the drop in cases this month, life won’t return to normal for quite some time. Latest virus updates.
Pregnant women at higher risk for COVID infection, study says; New York City could run out of vaccine today: Live updates
A study found pregnant women in Washington state were infected with COVID-19 at a 70% higher rate than others at similar ages. Latest COVID-19 news.
Variants make school reopenings a ‘challenge’ despite new CDC guidelines; IRS won’t push back tax deadline: Latest COVID-19 updates
A potential surge in cases caused by a variant could make it hard for schools to reopen despite new CDC guidelines last week, Latest COVID-19 news.
Wind energy had a ‘banner year’ in 2020. Here’s what that means for Joe Biden’s climate plan.
Despite early fears of COVID-19 pauses, 2020 was the strongest year to date for new wind energy capacity added to the grid.
Joe Biden announces 200M more vaccine doses are coming as US reaches 475K deaths: Latest COVID-19 updates
Fully vaccinated people who meet certain criteria will no longer be required to quarantine following an exposure. Latest COVID-19 updates.