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Joe Biden joins the pledge by former Presidents Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama to be publicly inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine. Other leaders like Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and former President Jimmy Carter also urge people to get vaccinated.
President-elect Joe Biden is rounding out the team of experts who will lead the next administration's pandemic response. His hunt for an HHS secretary continues.
States face a Friday deadline to submit requests for doses of the Pfizer vaccine and specify where they should be shipped, the AP reports.
Dr. Anthony Fauci told the BBC, "I have a great deal of confidence in what the UK does both scientifically and from a regulator standpoint," and that he misspoke when saying the safety review process in the U.S. is more careful than in Britain.
As soon as he takes office, President-elect Joe Biden plans to make that ask, stopping short of issuing a national mask mandate. Where he has the power to require face coverings, like in federal buildings, he will do so.
Media reports are on reaction, even from religious groups, to Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt's call for a day of prayer, states where outbreaks are growing, rural areas getting hit hard and more.
The tech giant says it will begin to remove misinformation posted on Facebook about the “safety, efficacy, ingredients or side effects” of COVID-19 vaccines.
If ICU bed capacity falls below 15% in any one of five regions in the state, area business and recreational restrictions will go into effect. “The bottom line is, if we don’t act now, our hospital system will be overwhelmed," Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said.
Thursday's tally set another record for the number of infections confirmed in a single day. Meanwhile, in a single month, hospitalizations in the U.S. doubled. And the global death toll reaches 1.5 million people.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
Opinion writers weigh in on these pandemic issues and others.
Editorial pages focus on a lack of policies -- and in one instance, compassion -- to protect a workforce that is predominately filled by women.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
News reports are from Russia, China, England, France, Germany, Japan and South Africa.
In coronavirus news, an Oklahoma school tries in-school quarantines, Vermont urges retesting for several hundred and Pennsylvania cites poor care in a veterans home.
News reports are also on the NBA's rising number of cases, surviving everything at 102, dangerous church services, helping others and more.
A new Department of Transportation rule says that airlines do no have to accommodate emotional support animals inside flight cabins, drawing a distinction between those and trained service dogs.
In addition to other new research, doctors say everyone needs to be aware of a handful of symptoms, including gastrointestinal problems.
The COVID pandemic is straining most aspects of the American health care system.
Austin's mayor, a Sacramento County sheriff and other Americans are in the news for their pandemic actions.
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