Tag: social distancing

Hospitalizations on Thanksgiving hit a record high for the 17th straight day. Hospitals were already overwhelmed ahead of the holiday, and by next week nearly…

After submitting their vaccine attempts for FDA emergency use authorization, Moderna and Pfizer are moving millions of doses to every corner of the U.S. for…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom warned another stay-at-home order for most of the state could come as soon as “the next day or two” as Covid-19…

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said that small businesses would need more help than simply a vaccine being able to the public in order to…

Chief of Staff Mark Meadows asked Dr. Stephen Hahn why the vaccine authorization process isn’t moving faster, according to someone familiar with the visit. Meanwhile…

After a bipartisan group of lawmakers put forward a framework coronavirus relief, Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., stressed that “we just don’t have time to waste…

Rising Covid-19 cases and a second wave of lockdown measures have reignited the debate over school re-openings. Stuck in the middle of it all are…

“The U Experience” is working to provide students with the experience of an all-inclusive college campus amid the coronavirus pandemic. NBC’s Gary Grumbach speaks to…

The head of the U.K.’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency said recommendation had been granted “following an extremely thorough and scientifically rigorous review.” »…

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo said that New York will receive enough doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for 170,000 people on Dec. 15. » Subscribe…

CDC Director Dr. Redfield announced he believes the winter months will be “rough times” due to Covid-19, and says “I actually believe they’re going to…

Rhode Island opened a second field hospital as the state’s traditional hospitals continue to run out of beds for Covid-19 patients. NBC News’ Yasmin Vossoughian…

Officials in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut will soon allow businesses to reopen at full capacity as Covid-19 infections slow in much of the…

All high schoolers and most middle schoolers may be eligible for the Pfizer vaccine as soon as next week, according to a senior Biden administration…

Russian forces are getting closer to Ukraine’s capital, shelling an apartment building in Kyiv that killed two people. Plus, China has ordered 51 million people…

Government officials are warning of a fake email phishing campaign targeting the critical supply chain that keeps vaccine shipments cold as drugmakers position doses while…

NBC’s Meagan Fitzgerald reports as Honor Health in Arizona holds a practice drill to streamline its drive-up distribution process for when a Covid-19 vaccine is…

Dr. Jennifer Bacani McKenney, county health officer in Fredonia, Kansas, describes to NBC News’ Antonia Hylton the difficulties she faced in getting her community behind…

NBC News’ Isa Gutierrez takes an in-depth look at the rise in Covid-19 cases in correctional facilities across the country amid the ongoing pandemic. »…

Prime Minister Boris Johnson hailed scientists’ use of “a kind of biological jiujitsu to turn the virus on itself in the form of a vaccine,”…