The Utah Department of Health reported an increase of 1,216 COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the state's total to 352,489 since the pandemic began last March.
The Utah Food Bank distributed 2 million pounds of food in March and April of 2019. During those same months in 2020, it was up to 6 million pounds of food.
The Navajo Nation is hosting a memorial event to honor the memory of former tribal president Albert Hale. Tribal officials say the 70-year-old Hale died Tuesday because of complications from COVID-19.
Media coverage and social media chatter around the tens of thousands of protesting farmers at the edges of the Indian capital have prompted a furious reaction from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
Johnson & Johnson has asked U.S. regulators to clear the world’s first single-dose COVID-19 vaccine, an easier-to-use option that could boost scarce supplies.
The CDC says schools nationwide may reopen safely right now, even without teachers getting the vaccines. Many schools around the country have been staying remote while waiting for teachers to get the vaccine first. But they are facing increasing pressure to re-open. “There is increasing data to suggest that schools can safely reopen and that […]