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U.S. covid death toll hits 1,500 a day amid delta scourge
“A perfect storm of viral changes and behavioral changes” is driving pandemic’s fourth wave in the United States.
- Sep 3, 2021
A Calif. elementary school teacher took off her mask for a read-aloud. Within days, half her class was positive for delta.
The Marin County, Calif. outbreak, detailed in a new CDC report, underscores the risks for unvaccinated children under 12 as delta rampages across the country.
- Aug 28, 2021
Pediatricians besieged by parents seeking coronavirus shots for kids under 12
Some parents are actively scouting ways to get their children jabbed before the start of school.
- Aug 26, 2021
The Mississippi clinic at the center of the fight to end abortion in America
The last abortion clinic in Mississippi, known as the Pink House, is at the heart of a Supreme Court case that could severely restrict abortion access, leaving millions of largely poor women in the South with no access.
- Aug 24, 2021
The delta variant is putting America’s hospitals back in crisis mode
Hospitalizations — mostly of unvaccinated people — are rising nationwide as the country topped 900,000 cases last week for the first time since January.
- Aug 18, 2021
‘This is real’: Fear and hope in an Arkansas pediatric ICU
As the delta variant surges, some experts worry we may be entering the most dangerous moment in the pandemic for children.
- Aug 13, 2021
‘A rush to get shots’
Vaccine holdouts in covid hotspots roll up their sleeves as delta variant takes hold. Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri and other states report double-digit growth in vaccinations in the last two weeks.
- Jul 30, 2021
Driven by covid deaths, U.S. life expectancy dropped by 1.5 years in 2020
The decline, which is the largest seen in a single year since World War II, reflects the pandemic’s sustained toll on Americans, particularly the disproportionate impact of covid-19 on communities of color.
- Jul 21, 2021
Spread of delta coronavirus variant exposes poorly vaccinated regions to renewed danger
Now at 20 percent of new U.S. infections, the variant that overwhelmed India and Britain threatens some parts of the country again, experts say.
- Jun 23, 2021
After more than a year of separation and isolation, Americans are reuniting.
Here is a look at reunions that have taken place across the country as spring unfolded and vaccines became available, ushering in new possibilities for closeness.
- May 21, 2021