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March 5: Daily COVID-19 deaths fall; Senate to debate $1.9 trillion relief bill today — 4 updates
February 26: FDA panel to review J&J vaccine today; hospitalizations lower than spring, summer surges — 8 COVID-19 updates
February 25: New variant in NYC; CDC backs vaccine finder website — 7 COVID-19 updates
February 24: J&J's vaccine is safe, FDA says; California variant more contagious, early research shows — 7 COVID-19 updates
February 23: FDA aims to quickly OK booster shots for variants; US passes 500,000 deaths — 6 COVID-19 updates
February 22: Hospitalizations fall for 40 consecutive days; masks may be needed in 2022, Fauci says — 6 COVID-19 updates
February 19: States seek excess vaccines reserved for nursing homes; US commits $4B to Covax initiative — 7 COVID-19 updates
February 18: US life expectancy fell drastically in 2020; US seizes 11M counterfeit N95s — 7 COVID-19 updates
February 16: States have $160M worth of unused rapid tests; winter storms disrupt vaccination efforts — 5 COVID-19 updates
February 15: 1st South Africa variant reinfection case confirmed; UK variant likely deadlier, scientists say — 6 COVID-19 updates
February 11: Fully vaccinated people can skip quarantine, CDC says; South Africa variant found in 4th state — 7 COVID-19 updates
February 10: COVID-19 deaths down in every region; new antibody drug gets emergency approval — 5 updates
February 9: Daily cases fall to lowest level since October; Florida sees 200+ UK variant cases — 7 COVID-19 updates
February 8: 10% of Americans have gotten COVID-19 shot; South Africa variant found in 3rd state — 5 updates
February 5: Cases down 47% from January peak; J&J submits vaccine for emergency approval — 5 COVID-19 updates
February 3: AstraZeneca vaccine cuts virus transmission; COVID-19 deaths fall in 25 states — 5 updates
February 2: US vaccinations outnumber COVID-19 cases; reinfection more likely if variants become dominant — 7 updates
January 27: COVID-19 hospitalizations fall, but deaths rise; US boosts states' vaccine supplies — 6 updates
January 26: US aims to vaccinate 1.5 million daily; Brazil variant found in Minnesota — 5 COVID-19 updates
January 20: Biden to issue mask mandate today; new US variant may be driving California's surge — 6 COVID-19 updates
January 19: New variant found in Germany; vaccination rates lag among Black Americans — 7 COVID-19 updates
January 15: Biden shares relief package, appoints Warp Speed head; hospitalizations level off — 4 COVID-19 updates
January 13: COVID-19 deaths spike in South, West; CDC requires negative test for air travelers entering US — 4 updates
January 12: US to recommend immediate vaccination for those 65+; herd immunity unlikely in 2021 — 6 COVID-19 updates
January 11: UK variant found in 8 states; hospitalizations top 100K for 40 days — 6 COVID-19 updates
January 8: Daily COVID-19 deaths pass 4K; 50+ UK variant cases confirmed in US — 5 updates
January 7: 3 states have highest COVID-19 infection rates in world; UK variant in Pennsylvania — 5 updates
January 6: UK variant found in Georgia; COVID-19 hospitalizations flare in South, West — 6 updates
January 5: UK coronavirus variant in New York; 6 cases in California — Here's what you should know
January 5: UK variant detected in 4 states; COVID-19 hospitalizations hit record high — 5 updates
January 4: COVID-19 has killed 350,000 Americans; South African variant alarms officials — 5 updates
December 31: COVID-19 variant found in 2nd state; Warp Speed leaders acknowledge slow vaccine rollout — 4 updates
December 30: Biden taps 3 officials for COVID-19 response team; McConnell blocks bill for $2K stimulus checks — 7 updates
December 29: 2 million Americans have been vaccinated; House passes bill for $2K stimulus checks — 6 COVID-19 updates
December 28: 1 in 17 people have gotten COVID-19; Trump signs relief bill — 5 updates
December 23: Trump requests changes to relief bill; US secures 100M more Pfizer doses — 5 COVID-19 updates
December 21: Congress inks deal for $900B relief package; Moderna vaccine to reach some hospitals today — 7 COVID-19 updates
December 18: US sees 1M cases in 5 days; emergency approval for Moderna vaccine expected today — 8 COVID-19 updates
December 17: COVID-19 hospitalizations triple September numbers; Pfizer vaccine vials contain extra doses, FDA says — 9 updates
December 16: US cases up 51% in 1 month; surges slow in some Midwest states — 6 COVID-19 updates
December 15: COVID-19 deaths surpass 300K; Moderna vaccine may win emergency approval this week — 4 updates
December 14: First healthcare workers may be vaccinated today; hospitalizations near 110,000 — 5 COVID-19 updates
December 8: US records most deaths in 1 week; Pfizer vaccine meets FDA criteria for authorization — 5 COVID-19 updates
December 7: COVID-19 hospitalizations up 85% in 1 month; CDC calls for universal masking — 5 updates
December 2: Vaccinate healthcare workers first, CDC panel says; US hospitalizations near 100K — 5 COVID-19 updates
November 30: Fauci warns of 'surge upon a surge'; Moderna seeks emergency approval for COVID-19 vaccine — 6 updates
November 24: New York to reopen emergency hospital; CDC urges contact tracers to change strategy — 5 COVID-19 updates
November 23: Holiday travel spikes despite CDC warning; Regeneron's antibody cocktail wins emergency approval — 7 COVID-19 updates
November 20: Pfizer to apply for emergency approval of vaccine today; COVID-19 cases up 26% in 1 week — 5 updates
November 19: Some Americans face 5-day wait for test results; death toll passes 250K — 5 COVID-19 updates
November 18: US daily death toll highest since May; Pfizer's vaccine 95% effective — 7 COVID-19 updates
November 17: COVID-19 surges in 48 states; US hits 1M pediatric cases — 7 updates
November 16: US records 1M cases in week; Moderna's vaccine 94.5% effective — 6 COVID-19 updates
November 14: 184,514 new COVID-19 cases in 1 day; states ramp up safety measures: 5 updates
November 13: US hits 150K+ daily cases for 1st time; 18 states set hospitalization records — 5 COVID-19 updates
November 12: Hospitalizations rise for 18th day; developmental disorders tied to 3x higher COVID-19 death risk — 4 updates
November 11: COVID-19 hospitalizations hit all-time high; CDC takes stronger stance on masks — 6 updates
November 10: US sees 6th day with 100K+ new cases; Eli Lilly's antibody treatment gets emergency approval — 5 COVID-19 updates
November 10: El Paso has more COVID-19 cases than 29 states; NYC 'dangerously close' to second wave — 10 regional notes
November 9: Biden forms COVID-19 task force; Pfizer's vaccine 90% effective, early data shows — 6 updates
November 6: US shatters daily COVID-19 case record again; some patients smell phantom scents — 6 updates
November 5: US hits 100K+ daily cases for 1st time; PPE strains felt nationwide — 4 COVID-19 updates
November 4: 13 states see record COVID-19 hospitalizations; FDA warns of false positives for rapid tests — 6 updates
November 2: Daily COVID-19 count nears 100K; 9 states hit record hospitalizations — 6 updates
October 27: Only 25 ICU beds open in North Dakota; US sees most new COVID-19 cases in 1 week — 6 updates
October 24: US breaks record for single-day COVID-19 cases, topping 80,000
October 23: US sees 75K+ new cases in 1 day; FDA approves 1st COVID-19 treatment — 5 updates
October 22: 16 states see record COVID-19 hospitalizations; CDC expands definition of 'close contact' — 6 updates
October 21: Cases rise in nearly every US region; death rate falling for hospitalized COVID-19 patients — 6 updates
October 20: GAO to probe political interference at health agencies; FDA panel to review COVID-19 vaccines — 5 updates
October 19: Hospitalizations rise in 39 states; Pelosi sets Oct. 20 deadline for relief bill — 6 COVID-19 updates
October 17: US reports most new COVID-19 cases since July — 4 national updates
October 16: Cases up in 41 states; remdesivir has little effect on survival, WHO study finds — 4 COVID-19 updates
October 15: Sen. Harris halts travel after 2 staffers test positive; 'regional COVID storm' hits rural US — 8 updates
October 14: 20 states record COVID-19 highs; Redfield warns of emerging threat — 4 updates
October 13: COVID-19 hospitalizations hit 6-week high; J&J pauses vaccine trial over 'unexplained illness' — 9 updates
October 8: COVID-19 cases rise in 25 states; Trump may resume public events Oct. 10 — 8 updates
October 6: Top officials push back on FDA vaccine standards; Trump isolates at White House — 7 COVID-19 updates
October 5: What we know about President Trump's treatment, hospitalization + 5 more COVID-19 updates
October 2: Trump tests positive; Wisconsin sees record death increase — 5 COVID-19 updates
October 1: Cases rise in 25 states; kids make up 10% of all cases — 7 COVID-19 updates
September 30: COVID-19 cases up 55% among college-aged adults; NYC to fine people who refuse to wear masks — 6 updates
September 29: Global death toll hits 1M; House unveils $2.2 trillion relief bill — 4 COVID-19 updates
September 28: Test positivity rate exceeds 20% in 2 states; kids may have different immune response to COVID-19 than adults — 5 updates
September 25: Young adults make up 1 in 5 US cases; male healthcare workers more likely to die from COVID-19 — 5 updates
September 21: CDC removes new guidance on COVID-19 transmission from website: 3 updates
September 18: HHS changed testing guidelines despite CDC experts' objections; health workers account for 14% of global cases
September 16: Virus has killed at least 121 children, teens; 'pre-COVID' life won't return before 2022, WHO expert says — 6 updates
September 15: World sees record case increase; judge overturns Pennsylvania's virus restrictions — 6 COVID-19 updates
September 14: Midwest cases skyrocket; HHS aides tried to 'water down' CDC reports, emails show — 9 COVID-19 updates
September 11: COVID-19 may have been in LA as early as December; virus deaths tied to air pollution — 4 updates
September 10: Trump admits to downplaying COVID-19; nearly half of Americans have misconception about virus — 6 updates
September 9: HHS will permit pharmacists to give COVID-19 vaccines, surgeon general says: 4 pandemic updates
September 8: US sees fewest daily cases in nearly 3 months; LabCorp test can detect flu, COVID-19 + RSV — 7 updates
September 2: US cancels contract for more ventilators; plasma shouldn't be standard of care for COVID-19, NIH says — 5 updates
August 26: CDC waives testing recommendation for people without symptoms: 5 COVID-19 updates
August 25: Flu may worsen testing delays, experts warn; US sees 'rolling hotspots' — 4 COVID-19 updates
August 24: Plasma wins emergency approval; 1st case of COVID-19 reinfection confirmed — 5 updates
August 18: COVID-19 is 3rd leading cause of death; HHS reporting process is temporary, Birx says — 5 updates
August 17: Testing rates fall for 1st time; new research points to lasting immunity — 7 COVID-19 updates
August 13: US sees deadliest day of summer; major labs cut testing turnaround times — 6 COVID-19 updates
August 12: HHS data lags by week or more, experts say; preventive nasal spray in the works — 5 COVID-19 updates
August 11: US may block citizens with COVID-19 from reentry; Russia approves vaccine — 6 updates
August 5: 6 states form testing pact; 34 AGs urge US to boost remdesivir supply — 5 COVID-19 updates
August 4: White House walks back comments that virus is 'extraordinarily widespread': 3 COVID-19 updates
August 3: COVID-19 'extraordinarily widespread' in new phase of pandemic, Birx says: 6 updates
July 28: Cases flattening in hot spots; masks may lessen severity of symptoms — 6 COVID-19 updates
July 27: New cases stabilize; more young people dying in South — 5 COVID-19 updates
July 24: HHS renews public health emergency; 5 states see record daily increases — 4 COVID-19 updates
July 17: 3 states see record death counts; Georgia governor sues to stop mask mandate — 5 COVID-19 updates
July 13: NYC reports zero COVID-19 deaths; Florida sees 15K cases in 1 day — 6 updates
July 10: COVID-19 death rate resumes climb; current surge worse than spring — 9 updates
July 9: 28 states where COVID-19 is spreading fastest, slowest: July 9
July 9: US cases jump 72% in 2 weeks; PPE shortages reemerge — 5 COVID-19 updates
July 7: US nears 3M cases, still 'knee-deep' in 1st wave, Fauci says: 4 COVID-19 updates
July 6: More than 5,000 hospital-acquired COVID-19 cases reported since mid-May, CDC says
July 2: Young adults in Alabama throwing COVID-19 parties with payout for first person infected
July 2: US sees 5th record increase in 8 days; 19 states pause, roll back reopenings — 6 COVID-19 updates
July 2: 26 states where COVID-19 is spreading fastest, slowest: July 2
July 2: Where new COVID-19 cases are rising, falling, staying the same — July 2
June 30: COVID-19 activity by region - June 30
June 30: 'Worst is yet to come,' WHO chief says; Hospitalizations up in 7 states — 6 COVID-19 updates
June 30: 25 states where COVID-19 is spreading fastest, slowest: June 30
June 29: Where new COVID-19 cases are rising, falling and staying the same — June 29
June 29: Contact-tracing 'not going well,' Fauci says; remdesivir gets price tag — 4 COVID-19 updates
June 26: Daily US cases hit new high; White House reconvenes task force — 6 COVID-19 updates
June 23: COVID-19 backlash is pushing health officials to resign; 26 states see jump in cases — 6 updates
June 22: White House preps for 2nd wave; AHA calls for emergency declaration extension — 4 COVID-19 updates
June 22: 11 states with fastest, slowest spread of COVID-19
June 22: 5 regions where COVID-19 cases are rising
June 19: Adults in 20s, 30s driving COVID-19 surges in some states: 5 updates
June 17: Future COVID-19 vaccine to be free for some, White House says; 9 states see record increases — 6 updates
June 16: COVID-19 activity by region: Cases rise in South, West
June 15: Cuomo threatens to lock down NYC again; race may be key indicator of COVID-19 mortality — 5 updates
June 12: Houston may revive lockdown after record jump in cases & 6 other COVID-19 updates
June 11: FEMA plans call for PPE reuse through summer; J&J moves up COVID-19 vaccine trial — 5 updates
June 10: COVID-19 is 'worst nightmare,' Fauci says; cases rise in 19 states — 6 updates
June 9: Global peak could be months away; 24 states not reporting probable cases — 4 COVID-19 updates
June 8: Cases jump in 23 states; 30K more deaths may occur in June, CDC estimates — 8 COVID-19 updates
June 5: 2 major COVID-19 studies retracted; HHS to track race, ethnicity data — 4 updates
June 4: Top 5 vaccine candidates selected; global cases rise at quickest pace yet — 6 COVID-19 updates
June 2: Testing sites close amid unrest; 1 in 4 virus deaths tied to nursing homes — 5 COVID-19 updates
June 1: Minnesota hospitals on 'verge of being overrun' amid protests, pandemic — 4 COVID-14 updates
May 29: Remdesivir sent to hospitals without eligible patients + 4 more COVID-19 updates
May 27: 48% of Americans delayed care amid pandemic; antibody tests may be wrong half the time — 5 updates
May 26: FDA veteran reassigned to vaccine efforts + 4 more COVID-19 updates
May 11: 3 top health officials in quarantine; remdesivir distribution plan released — 7 COVID-19 updates
May 8: 1.4M healthcare jobs lost in April; US needs 900K tests daily to safely reopen — 4 COVID-19 updates
May 6: White House walks back task force phase-out: 5 COVID-19 updates
May 4: Pandemic may last 2 years; remdesivir approved for emergency use — 8 COVID-19 updates
May 1: CMS loosens more regulations; CDC drafts reopening guidelines + 3 other COVID-19 updates
April 30: National social distancing measures expire today; nursing home cases soar — 5 COVID-19 updates
April 28: White House unveils COVID-19 testing plan + 5 more updates
April 27: CDC adds 6 symptoms; young COVID-19 patients dying from strokes — 8 updates
April 24: Georgia's reopening, remdesivir's efficacy & COVID-19 care costs: 5 national updates
April 23: More Americans believe 'the worst is behind us' — 4 COVID-19 updates
April 22: 2nd COVID-19 wave may be worse; Senate passes $484B aid package — 7 updates
April 21: $450B relief package held up over testing; White House may suspend immigration — 6 COVID-19 updates
April 20: CMS calls for gradual return to elective procedures: 6 national COVID-19 updates
April 17: COVID-19 peak dates: Updated projections for each state
April 17: White House calls for 3-phase reopening; vaccine may be ready by fall — 6 COVID-19 updates
April 15: White House freezes WHO funding, unveils ventilator-sharing program: 9 COVID-19 updates
April 13: 70 vaccines in progress; antibody testing begins — 7 COVID-19 updates
April 10: White House eases more provider regulations, considers cloth gowns: 4 COVID-19 updates
April 9: National PPE stockpile depleted; CMS updates infection control guidelines — 9 COVID-19 updates
April 6: OIG outlines hospitals' COVID-19 needs; US death toll nears 10,000 — 5 updates
April 3: COVID-19 sickens 1M+ globally: 4 updates
April 2: When will COVID-19 peak? A state-by-state analysis
April 2: US deaths jump 1K in 1 day; 2K+ ventilators in stockpile unavailable — 8 COVID-19 updates
March 31: CMS makes sweeping regulatory changes; COVID-19 is 3x as infectious as flu — 5 outbreak updates
March 27: US reports most COVID-19 cases in world; White House reconsiders $1.5B deal for 80K ventilators
March 26: COVID-19 deaths pass 1,000 in US; 2nd virus cycle 'inevitable,' Fauci says
March 24: Defense Production Act to be used; 'The pandemic is accelerating,' WHO head warns
March 20: National COVID-19 response: US raises health alert to highest level and 9 other notes
March 19: US prepares for 18-month pandemic; 52% of COVID-19 patients are younger than 55 — 8 key updates
March 17: Trump says COVID-19 outbreak may last into summer; Lockdowns begin in California
March 16: US coronavirus cases near 4,000; White House boosts nation's testing capacity