BEIJING (AP) — China is seeing a new surge in COVID-19 cases across the vast country, despite its draconian "zero tolerance" approach to dealing with outbreaks. The mainland today reported 214 new cases of infection over the previous 24 hours, with the most, 69, in the southern province of ...
BANGKOK (AP) — The official global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 6 million today — underscoring that the pandemic, now entering its third year, is far from over. The milestone, recorded by Johns Hopkins University, is the latest tragic reminder of the unrelenting nature of the ...
The rate of COVID-19 cases per 100,000 Ohioans continues to decline sharply, hitting its lowest point in more than seven months. There were 104.7 COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents for the period between Feb. 17 and Wednesday compared to 160.7 cases per 100,000 last week, according to data provided Thursday by the Ohio Department of Health. The state’s case number is barely higher than what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention considers to be high-transmission areas for COVID-19. The CDC number for high transmission is 100 cases per 100,000. It hasn’t been ...
YOUNGSTOWN — The number of current cases of COVID-19 apparently remains low in nursing homes and assisted-living facilities in the Mahoning Valley, but the Ohio Department of Health did not update its numbers for many Mahoning County facilities this week. As COVID-19 wanes in Ohio and elsewhere, just one Mahoning County assisted-living facility with updated numbers appears to have more than a couple of current COVID-19 cases. Woodlands Assisted Living in Poland has five patient cases and one staff case. The facility had eight patient and no staff cases last week. An attempt to ...
AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency said it has authorized Moderna's coronavirus vaccine for children aged 6 to 11, in addition to recommending booster shots of Pfizer's vaccine for those aged 12 and older, in decisions aimed at providing further protection against COVID-19 for ...
Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine brought in nearly $7 billion in the final quarter of 2021, and the drugmaker says it has signed purchase agreements for another $19 billion in sales this year. The vaccine maker's COVID-19 shots, which are now available in more than 70 countries, totaled $17.7 ...
