Daily Covid Briefing Sept. 4, 2021Updated Sept. 4, 2021, 4:14 p.m. ET Sept. 4, 2021, 4:14 p.m. ETHighly concentrated veterinary ivermectin has been flying off the shelves of U.S. supply stores, despite its dangers to humans.Credit…Denis Farrell/Associated Press A doctor in rural Oklahoma says hospitals are backed up with patients who have overdosed on veterinary … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Checking ticket holders’ temperatures outside the Duchess Theater in London on Saturday.Credit…Jeremie Souteyrat for The New York Times LONDON — Most remaining coronavirus restrictions in England will be lifted starting July 19, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, a long-awaited milestone some critics have called reckless, meaning nightclubs … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Doses of molnupiravir.Credit…Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The U.S. government will invest $3.2 billion to develop antiviral pills for Covid-19, the Department of Health and Human Services announced on Thursday. Such a treatment could keep people out of the hospital and potentially save many lives in the years to … Read more
Primarily responsible for PATH’s COVID-19 diagnostic platform from left to right: Lorraine Lillis, Scientific Program Director for Diagnostics; Neha Agarwal, Assistant Director of Diagnostics, and Olivia Halas, Program Coordinator for Diagnostics. (PATH Photos) While all eyes are on the COVID-19 vaccine, the more dangerous variants of the virus are increasingly dominating. In Washington State, the … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: A man who died of complications from the coronavirus was being cremated in Mumbai on Wednesday.Credit…Atul Loke for The New York Times India’s rapidly worsening coronavirus outbreak is now expanding on a scale beyond any previously measured in more than a year of the pandemic: The health ministry reported … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: California announced an easing of coronavirus restrictions that will allow venues like Dodger Stadium, currently a mass vaccination site, to open with a limited number of fans in April.Credit…Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images States have continued steadily lifting restrictions, despite warnings from top federal health officials like Dr. … Read more
COVID-19 cases in the US have decreased from a peak a few weeks ago. 83,321 new cases were reported on Saturday – the first time since November 2 that the country reported fewer than one new case every second. And on Sunday, data from Johns Hopkins University show, the pace slowed even further to 64,938 … Read more
Here’s what you need to know: Genomic sequencing can detect and track virus variants, but the United States is sequencing relatively few coronavirus test samples. Lab technicians at Duke University prepared samples for sequencing earlier this month.Credit…Pete Kiehart for The New York Times As Americans anxiously watch the spread of coronavirus variants that were first … Read more