BATON ROUGE: Due to the prevalence of new coronavirus cases and the need for COVID testing to be performed as quickly and efficiently as possible, an increasing number of test sites are causing patients to collect their own samples at self-administered nasal swabs. But doctors say that if the nasal …
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Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, children have largely been spared the worst health impacts of COVID-19. The same SARS-CoV-2 virus capable of killing a 50-year-old boy could leave a four-year-old boy unharmed. Now, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that K-12 schools reopen this fall, …
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As COVID-19 continues to spread, KOMU 8 will continue to update you on community impacts. You can find a active map of confirmed COVID-19 cases county by county here, COVID-19 cases in Missouri broken down by county. Previous coverage: Updates for Wednesday July 22 will be available below: 4 pm …
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The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) in Michigan has risen to 75,248 as of Wednesday, including 6,141 deaths, state officials report. Wednesday’s update represents 523 new cases and six additional deaths. Tuesday’s totals were 74,725 confirmed cases and 6,135 total deaths. Tracking Trends in Michigan Hospitalization Data …
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The United States will pay the pharmaceutical company Pfizer $ 1.95 billion to produce and deliver 100 million doses of the company’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate in case the drug is effective in human trials, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. Pfizer will administer the vaccine when the …
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