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Coronavirus updates: Oregon health workers stuck in snow vaccinate other drivers; US could reach 500K deaths by February, task force says John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY How a new type of vaccine called mRNA is changing the game to prevent COVID-19 Replay Video UP NEXT COVID-19 has killed nearly 430,000 Americans, and infections have continued to mount despite the introduction of a pair of vaccines late in 2020. USA TODAY is tracking the news. Keep refreshing this page for the latest updates. © Jae C. Hong, AP Traffic cones guide drivers into a C...

Coronavirus updates: Oregon health workers stuck in snow vaccinate other drivers; US could reach 500K deaths by February, task force says John Bacon, Jorge L. Ortiz and Elinor Aspegren, USA TODAY How a new type of vaccine called mRNA is changing the game to prevent COVID-19 Replay Video UP NEXT COVID-19 has killed nearly 430,000 Americans, and infections have continued to mount despite the introduction of a pair of vaccines late in 2020. USA TODAY is tracking the news. Keep refreshing this page for the latest updates. © Jae C. Hong, AP Traffic cones guide drivers into a C...

Yves here. The lack of any serious, concerted action to combat Covid transmission in schools is another example of how America has become a “can’t do” society. Evidence is mounting that teachers and other school employees are correct in seeing health risk in continuing to show up at work: Wonder why I talk about the role of children in the pandemic a lot? It’s because the message isn’t getting through. In November, a prominent Canadian politician said, “children are not transmitters of COVID.” That is wrong and frankly horrifying to hear.pic.twitter.com/bhoiWxWpzC Confusing to y...

The Biden administration’s White House COVID-19 task force held its first virtual briefing Wednesday, promoting its efforts to expedite vaccinations while warning that the nation could surpass 500,000 deaths within weeks. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the agency predicts 479,000 to 514,000 pandemic deaths will have been reported by Feb. 20. Almost 4,000 deaths and more than 140,000 new infections were reported Tuesday alone. “Our case rates remain extraordinarily high and now is the time to remain vigilant,” she said. Dr. Antho...

Computer science teacher Suzy Lebo saw COVID-19 dangers frequently in her Indiana high school: classes with about 30 students sitting less than 18 inches apart. Students crowding teachers in hallways. Students and staff members taking off their masks around others. “I’m concerned,” said Lebo, who teaches at Avon High School in the Indianapolis suburbs. “We’re not controlling the virus in our county. We’re not controlling it in our state. And we’re not controlling it in our schools.” President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 response proposes $130 billion to improve school safety, offer...