by Dylan | Dec 7, 2020 | What You Might Have Missed
Sunday saw new daily records in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the U.S. According to the Covid Tracking Project, there were 176,771 new COVID-19 cases reported Sunday, with 101,497 new hospitalizations — both daily records. The U.S. also...
by Dylan | Dec 7, 2020 | What You Might Have Missed
Rudy Giuliani, President Trump’s personal attorney who’s spearheading the president’s court challenges to his general election loss, has been hospitalized with COVID-19. Trump himself tweeted the first news of Giuliani’s status Sunday night. Giuliani, who’s 76, was...
by Dylan | Dec 3, 2020 | What You Might Have Missed
At least 712,000 new unemployment claims were filed in the week ending November 28, according to data released Thursday morning by the U.S. Department of Labor. That’s a decrease of 75,000 from the previous week’s numbers, which were revised up by 9,000, from 778,000...
by Dylan | Dec 3, 2020 | What You Might Have Missed
The U.S. set new single-day records Wednesday for COVID-19 reported cases and hospitalizations. The Covid Tracking Project reports there were 195,695 new cases reported Wednesday and 100,226 reported hospitalizations, the first time daily hospitalizations have...
by Dylan | Dec 3, 2020 | What You Might Have Missed
Declaring that the “COVID risk to all Americans is at a historic high,” this week’s White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing for governors warns that everyone over the age of 65 or with significant health conditions “should not enter any indoor public spaces where...
by Dylan | Dec 1, 2020 | What You Might Have Missed
A new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that the SARS-CoV-2 virus, or COVID-19, had infected people in the U.S. at least a month earlier than initially believed. The study examined 7,389 Red Cross blood donations collected between...