This week marks two of the most important milestones in this entire COVID epidemic. The first person to receive a vaccine and formal independent review by the U.S. FDA.
This Week on COVID-19, Case Rates and Vaccine Progress
Just in time for Thanksgiving, COVID rates have started to come off the highs that we saw through the month of November.
This Week on COVID-19, Increasing Case Rates and Thanksgiving
As of Wednesday, about 11 and a half million Americans are known to have been infected with SARS CoV2.
This Week in COVID-19, Epidemiology, Holidays, and Vaccines
The combined effort of Pfizer and BioNTech announced that their vaccine has a 90% protective efficacy in vaccinated individuals.
This Week in COVID-19, What We’ve Learned Since March
There is very little news to report this week, so instead, we will look back at some of the original reports from March.
Weekly Update & Holiday Travel
Year-end holidays are traditionally times when people travel distances to reunite friends and families, or even have simple parties to celebrate the milestones of another year. What we have learned over the past few months is that these types of events are exactly what fuels COVID-19 outbreaks and even spread as people take infections back with them when they go home.
COVID-19 Prevention, Treatment, and Epidemiology
There was a Large study announced this week from Australia addressing the survival of the virus on various surfaces. The virus can be recovered over a longer duration of time than previously thought.
This Week on COVID-19: Halts on Vaccine and Therapeutic Trials
In the US, current levels are at about 75% of the peak seen in mid-July, but they are still steadily rising…not as fast as of late June and early July, but there is no evidence of a new peak.
This Week on COVID-19: The President’s COVID-19 Infection, and Planning for Holiday Travel
Most of the news of the last week has surrounded President Trump’s diagnosis and apparent rapid recovery from COVID-19. As of right now, we do not know where the infection occurred.
COVID-19 Case Rates, Testing, and Vaccines
COVID-19 cases are once again on the increase in much of the world except for China. Fortunately, these rates do not apply to death rates.