New weekly COVID-19 cases in children hit record levels the week of Aug. 26 in the United States, representing 22% of the total cases that week, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. Hospitalizations of children from the virus have been rising as well, and now comprise between 2% and 4% of the ... READ MORE >
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Coronavirus update: Vaccines and the pandemic in six charts
After a year of a mounting human and economic toll brought on by the pandemic, help is on its way. Americans are being vaccinated at an average rate of 2.3 million per day and supplies are sufficient enough that states have begun to lower age requirements. So encouraging are these numbers that the ... READ MORE >
Coronavirus update: Ethical aspects of vaccinations
The successful release of one or more vaccines presents society with the issue of who gets vaccinated first and then the succeeding phases of distribution. This will challenge our society to the core. Recent difficult conversations around race and economic inequality boil just beneath the surface ... READ MORE >