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Beginning Monday under a program announced last month, American families can now apply to have the federal government help pay for COVID-19-related funeral expenses.
COVID-19 could kill 618,523 by August, mask use could save 14,000, new model projects By (0) Sarah Clemens of St. Peters, Mo. closes her eyes in her car, as she receives her first COVID-19 vaccination shot. File Photo by Bill Greenblatt/UPI | License Photo April 10 (UPI) -- COVID-19 could kill another 618,523 in the United States by August, but mask use could save 14,000, a new model projects. The University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation's model forecasts another 618,523 will die from COVID-19 by Aug. 1 under its current projection with vaccine distribution sca...
Almost 750K in U.S. file new unemployment claims; more than expected By (0) The Charging Bull statue is seen on Monday near the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street in New York City. Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo April 8 (UPI) -- Almost 750,000 U.S. workers have filed for new unemployment benefits, the Labor Department said in its weekly report Thursday. The report said about 744,000 workers filed new claims last week, an increase of 16,000 claims over the previous week. Thursday's report also revised up the previous week's figure by 9,000 claims. Advertisement Thursda...
COVAX delivers 100 million COVID-19 vaccines to world's poorer nations By (0) A health worker checks a shipment containing COVID-19 vaccines delivered via the COVAX program, at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, Vietnam, on April 1. Photo by Luong Thai Linh/EPA-EFE April 8 (UPI) -- More than 100 of the world's poorest countries have begun receiving COVID-19 vaccines through the World Health Organization's COVAX program, a global effort to send millions of doses to developing nations, officials said Thursday. The WHO said the COVAX facility has so far delivered almost 40 million vaccine...
Oxford University pauses AstraZeneca vaccine trial in children By (0) The University of Oxford on Tuesday halted a trial of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine as British regulators review rare instances of blood clotting following inoculations. File Photo by Dan Himbrechts/EPA-EFE April 6 (UPI) -- Oxford University researchers on Tuesday paused a trial of the jointly developed AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in children as Britain's medical regulator reviews rare instances of blood clots in adults. The trial in children as young as 6 years old was put on hold while Britain's Medicines and Healthc...