The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the novel coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the illness caused by the virus.
Eight known sailors still live from the Naval Academy Class of 1940. Two are healthy enough to travel: Kaufman, of McLean, Virginia; and retired Capt. Edward Rodgers, of Castine, Maine. They met Friday in Annapolis: their 75th and last class reunion.
A new study from the Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indiana found that patients in ICUs with high demands were twice as likely to die as those in ICUs with low demand.
COVID-19 vaccinations start in Wyoming
December 16, 2020
Free, safe and effective vaccinations intended to help prevent future COVID-19 infections have started in Wyoming, according to the Wyoming Department of Health.
Dr. Alexia Harrist, state health officer and state epidemiologist with WDH, said the first approved vaccine is recommended for most people who are age 16 and older with two doses about three weeks apart needed for the vaccine to be effective.
“Putting an end to this pandemic will take all our tools. Now we can add vaccines to wearing masks, social distancing and staying home when we are ill,” she said. “For now and for some m.