August 20, 2021 Over 121,000 new pediatric COVID-19 cases reported over week span Over 121,000 children tested positive for COVID-19 last week, data revealed, marking a 5% increase in cases since the beginning of the month.
August 20, 2021 US COVID-19 booster plan leaves some experts divided The evidence behind a federal plan to rollout COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to Americans beginning the week of Sept. 20, pending FDA review, has left some experts divided.
August 20, 2021 Chelsea superstar Christian Pulisic contracts coronavirus despite being fully vaccinated Christian Pulisic, an American soccer star who plays for Chelsea in the English Premier League, revealed Friday he tested positive for coronavirus despite being fully vaccinated.
August 20, 2021 Melissa Joan Hart reveals breakthrough COVID-19 diagnosis: ‘I just wish I’d done better’ The actress, who is vaccinated, took to Instagram on Wednesday to reveal her diagnosis.
August 20, 2021 Media outlets uncritically repeat Biden remark that GOP governors are 'banning masks in school' Multiple media outlets have repeated a misleading talking point from the Biden White House that some Republican governors are "banning masks" in schools, when they've only banned mask "mandates."
August 20, 2021 Elder forcefully denies brandishing weapon on ex-fiancee: 'Politics of personal destruction' Republican California gubernatorial candidate Larry Elder forcefully pushed back on a claim from his former fiancee that he brandished a gun during a heated argument the two had in 2015.
August 20, 2021 Record delta COVID-19 wave hits kids, raises fear as US schools open With the highly contagious delta variant spreading across the U.S., children are filling hospital intensive care beds instead of classrooms in record numbers, more even than at the height of the pandemic.
August 20, 2021 Florida's COVID-19 hot zone 'bracing for the worst' As quickly as one COVID patient is discharged, another waits for a bed in northeast Florida, the hot zone of the state's latest surge.
August 20, 2021 Florida couple arrested in Hawaii for allegedly trying to use fake vaccination cards: report A Florida couple was arrested in Hawaii earlier this month after allegedly trying to present fake COVID-19 vaccination cards at an airport, a report said.
August 19, 2021 Connecticut, Oregon mandate vaccinations for staff at K-12 schools this fall As the fall season is ramping up for school districts across the country, some students will be required to wear personal protective face masks amid the rise of the delta coronavirus variant, including those in Connecticut and Oregon.
