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Coronavirus live updates: Fauci says lack of truthfulness ‘very likely’ cost lives
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 97.5 million people worldwide and killed over 2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.Here’s how the news…… read more »
Coronavirus live updates: US reports over 188,000 new cases
Samara Heisz/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER, EMILY SHAPIRO and ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 97.4 million people worldwide and killed over two million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.Here’s how…… read more »
New storms to cross US with heavy snow, dangerous thunderstorms, wind chills
ABC NewsBy MAX GOLEMBO, ABC News (NEW YORK) — A wintery blast will hit a large part of the country as a couple of storms cross the nation.As of Friday morning, 11 states, from California to Minnesota, are on alert for a storm to hit.The first storm is expected to bring rain and snow to…… read more »
Alabama extends mask mandate amid high COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
Pgiam/iStockBy MEREDITH DELISO, ABC News (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Alabama is grappling with surging deaths as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations remain high and intensive care unit capacity is stretched.The state reported record numbers of new cases and hospitalizations following the holidays. At one point last week, only 39 ICU beds were available statewide.This week has already…… read more »
1,900 doses of Moderna vaccine destroyed after cleaner unplugs freezer in Boston
peterschreiber.media/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News (BOSTON) — Thousands of doses of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine were destroyed after a cleaner in Boston accidentally unplugged the freezer in which they were being stored.”On Tuesday, January 19, 2021, VA Boston Pharmacy staff discovered that a freezer at the Jamaica Plain campus failed. As a result, 1,900 doses of…… read more »
Coronavirus live updates: New cases, deaths in US down week-to-week
Myriam Borzee/iStockBy MORGAN WINSOR, ERIN SCHUMAKER, EMILY SHAPIRO and ROSA SANCHEZ, ABC News(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 97 million people worldwide and killed over 2 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.Here’s how…… read more »