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California and Florida have similar COVID pandemic rates, but these charts show key regional differences FacebookTwitterEmail As California moves forward with reopening after a months-long lockdown, several recent media reports have pointed out that despite its strict pandemic response, California’s public health outcome has been very similar to that of Florida, which has been open for months. CDC data shows that the coronavirus case rate for the course of the pandemic is only slightly higher in Florida than California. And California’s death rate, dramatically lower during much of the pa...

Echoes of hot spots emerge in Upper Midwest, New York City area Joel Achenbach, Ariana Eunjung Cha and Jacqueline Dupree, The Washington Post March 16, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail WASHINGTON - After weeks of declining coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations, new hot spots of infection have emerged, and disease experts warn that the spread of a more dangerous variant and a too-rapid rush to return to normal life could prolong the historic health emergency. Caseloads are down nationally, and tens of millions of people are fully loaded with antibodies to the virus, with more than 2 million people...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer To scientists in Oregon, it was as unsettling a discovery as there has been in the last year: a homegrown version of a highly transmissible COVID-19 variant that first surfaced in Britain last year. Only this one came with a mutation that researchers are concerned may make vaccines far less effective. This Oregon variant has som...

Wash. officials 'concerned' about possibility of fourth COVID wave, even as vaccinations ramp up Sign In FacebookTwitterEmail "I'm very concerned about the possibility of a fourth wave, in addition to the new variants," said Acting State Health Officer Scott Lindquist. "I'm really concerned about where this sets us up for the future."Jean-Francois Badias/AP Starting in January, coronavirus cases across Washington began to decline. At the same time, vaccinations were ramping up, and since then, officials have been celebrating vaccination milestones, as hundreds of thousands of people in the st...

State health officials said they have confirmed the first case of a COVID-19 variant...