A panel of independent experts who reviewed the World Health Organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic says the U.N. health agency should be granted “guaranteed rights of access” in countries to investigate emerging outbreaks.
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and KATHLEEN FOODY and SOPHIA TAREEN
A handful of cities started offering shots to children ages 12 to 15 on Tuesday after the Food and Drug Administration gave the vaccine emergency use authorization for that age group.
In Augusta Health’s latest COVID-19 vaccination clinic update, the hospital said the Commonwealth will not begin vaccinating those age 12 to 15 until the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approves the recommendation to vaccinate the new age group.
Virginia restaurants will soon be able to host more patrons, but establishments may not be able to accommodate more guests due to a shortage of workers.
Shenandoah University President Tracy Fitzsimmons sent the university community an email concerning COVID-19 vaccination requirements for the Fall 2021 semester on Tuesday afternoon, May 11.
On Tuesday, U.S. Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine announced the U.S. Treasury Department would launch the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund to provide $7.2 billion in relief for the Commonwealth.
West Virginia is prepared to start giving coronavirus vaccines to 12- to 15-year-olds now that U.S. regulators have expanded the use of Pfizer’s shot to them.
Virginia’s vaccination coordinator says the state won’t offer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to those 12 to 15 years of age until the CDC recommends it.
As of Tuesday, May 11, Virginia has had 667,586 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
Just 11% of people who remain unvaccinated say they definitely will get the shot, while 34% say they definitely won’t, according to the poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That leaves a large swath of Americans in the middle who might still roll up their sleeves.
U.S. educators are doing everything they can to track down high school students who stopped showing up to classes and to help them get the credits needed to graduate, amid an anticipated surge in the country’s dropout rate during the coronavirus pandemic.
States are pushing the unemployed to return to work to help businesses large and small find the workers they need to emerge from the COVID-19 recession.
Babies are very vulnerable to diseases in their first few months; that’s why a doctor at the University of Virginia Medical Center is telling her patients to give their baby that extra layer of protection and get vaccinated while pregnant and breastfeed your baby after it’s born.
As of Monday, May 10, Virginia has had 666,986 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
As of Sunday, May 9, Virginia has had 666,650 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
As of Saturday, May 8, Virginia has had 666,111 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that her office “has just approved a contract for a guaranteed 900 million doses” with the same amount of doses as a future option.
The city’s medical examiner’s office said Friday that 750 bodies are being kept in long-term storage in refrigerated trailers at a Brooklyn pier while family members sort out plans for their final resting places.
The decision by a WHO technical advisory group opens the possibility that the Sinopharm vaccine could be included into the U.N.-backed COVAX program in coming weeks or months, and distributed through UNICEF and WHO’s regional office in the Americas.
On Friday, May 7, Bridgewater College announced all students, faculty and staff will be required to submit verification of full vaccination for COVID-19 before returning to campus this fall.
Many medical experts, opposition leaders and even Supreme Court judges are calling for national restrictions, arguing that a patchwork of state rules is insufficient to quell the rise in infections.
As of Friday, May 7, Virginia has had 665,332 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
A majority of Virginia parents are willing to have their children vaccinated for COVID-19, according to a poll conducted by the Research Institute for Social Equity at Virginia Commonwealth University.
The move to support waiving intellectual property protections on vaccines under World Trade Organization rules marked a dramatic shift for the United States — and drew cheers from activists, complaints from Big Pharma, and a lot of questions about what comes next.
As of Thursday, May 6, Virginia has had 664,394 total cases of COVID-19, including confirmed lab tests and clinical diagnoses, according to the Virginia Department of Health.
Some employees have left the restaurant industry for good amid the perils of the pandemic, which exposed workers to the coronavirus and uncooperative patrons.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Tuesday that nearly 148 million people have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, with over 106 million fully vaccinated.
