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US COVID Deaths Hit Lowest Number Since March 2020

US COVID Deaths Plummet to
Year-Low, but With an Asterisk

Apr 6, 2021 3:08 AM CDT

US COVID Deaths Plummet to Year-Low, but With an Asterisk

Encouraging figures might be incomplete due to Easter holiday

(Newser) - This weekend the US saw COVID-19 deaths drop to their lowest point in more than a year, according to Johns Hopkins University data . The number reported for Sunday, 222 deaths, is the lowest since March 23, 2020, when 192 confirmed deaths were recorded in the pandemic's early days. At...

Vaccinated? We Still Don't Know Whether You Can Spread COVID

Those Vaccinated Can't
Spread COVID? Not So Fast

Apr 4, 2021 3:23 PM CDT

Those Vaccinated Can't Spread COVID? Not So Fast

The CDC has walked back comments made by its director

(Newser) - For a brief moment last week, it seemed as if the CDC was giving us the news we've been waiting for: In reference to the real-world study of nearly 4,000 vaccinated individuals , the agency's director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, said Monday that "our data ... suggests ... that vaccinated...

Fauci Takes CDC's Point but Wouldn't Say 'Doom'

Fauci Isn't
Sure He'd
Say 'Doom'

Apr 1, 2021 5:53 PM CDT

Fauci Isn't Sure He'd Say 'Doom'

CDC director has felt more hopeful since her warning

(Newser) - Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that he agrees with the emotional warning Dr. Rochelle Walensky issued this week about coronavirus cases increasing. But he might have phrased it differently, the Hill reports. "You know, I don't know if I would use the word 'impending doom,'"...

CDC Chief on New COVID Cases: 'I'm Scared'

CDC Chief
Feels 'Impending
Doom' Over
COVID Cases

the rundown

Mar 29, 2021 1:50 PM CDT

CDC Chief Feels 'Impending Doom' Over COVID Cases

Daily infections, hospitalizations, and deaths continue to increase

(Newser) - The head of the CDC gave an update on COVID Monday that took a personal turn. Rochelle Walensky appeared to fight back tears as she warned Americans in stark terms that the rising number of coronavirus cases threatens to upend progress from vaccines, reports Axios . "Just please hold on...