Virginia the only state reporting significant increases in COVID cases: report
By David Matthews
Virginia the ‘only state reporting significant increases’ in COVID cases: report
A new report paints a grim picture of Virginia s coronavirus response. New York Times data shows new cases in the Commonwealth have risen 12 percent in the past 14 days ending Saturday, making Virginia the only state reporting significant increases in new cases.
WASHINGTON (FOX 5 DC) - A new report paints a grim picture of Virginia s coronavirus response.
New York Times data shows new cases in the Commonwealth have risen 12 percent in the past 14 days ending Saturday, making Virginia the only state reporting significant increases in new cases.
More than 2,900 U.S. health care workers died in 2020, Kaiser Health reports
By Austin Williams
1 year since medical experts first warned of a novel coronavirus
On December 30, 2019, a minute before midnight, the global medical community received a notice warning of a then-unidentified viral pneumonia.
LOS ANGELES - More than 2,900 U.S. health care workers have died in the COVID-19 pandemic since March, Kaiser Health News (KHN) reported on Dec. 23.
The grim milestone comes nearly a year after the global medical community first received an alert about an unidentified cluster of a pneumonia-like illness that would later come to be known as the deadly coronavirus.
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Doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 are readied for administration at the Virginia Hospital Center on December 16, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Patch has 32 sites in communities in northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. Here are some of the top posts from the past week related to the new coronavirus and other topics.
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The FDA’s vaccine advisory panel voted 20-0 to recommend that Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine be authorized for emergency use, clearing the way for its approval and distribution nationwide.
After scouring over Moderna’s data during a multi-hour meeting Thursday, the panel affirmed Moderna’s vaccine as safe for the millions of Americans hoping to receive it in the coming weeks. Though the panel’s decision is merely advisory, the FDA has signaled that it would follow the panel’s guidance.
Moderna’s vaccine could be given approval as soon as Friday, becoming the second coronavirus vaccine to be approved in the United States.