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Dr. Mary Fowkes, 66, Dies; Helped Science Understand the Pandemic
Dr. Mary Fowkes, a neuropathologist at Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan whose autopsies of Covid-19 victims early in the pandemic discovered serious damage in multiple…
Traveling COVID-19 nurses are hard to find, expensive
By Markian Hawryluk and Rae Ellen Bichell, Kaiser Health News DENVER — In March, Claire Tripeny was watching her dream job fall apart. She’d been working…
Colorado’s COVID-19 hospitalizations increase ahead of Thanksgiving holiday
The number of people hospitalized with the novel coronavirus Wednesday in Colorado increased by 39 patients from the day before, with 1,652 people now being…
Denver’s first sanctioned homeless encampment poised to open in Capitol Hill next week
After months of setbacks, opposition and changed plans, Denver’s first sanctioned homeless encampment will soon open at Denver’s First Baptist Church in Capitol Hill. And…
Pfizer Applies for Emergency F.D.A. Approval for Covid-19 Vaccine
The drug maker Pfizer said on Friday that it had submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its coronavirus vaccine for…
H.I.V. Death Rates Fell by Half, C.D.C. Says
Deaths related to H.I.V. in the United States fell significantly from 2010 through 2018, regardless of sex, age, race or region, the Centers for Disease…
Ontario reports 1,417 new coronavirus cases, 32 more deaths
Ontario reported 1,417 new cases of coronavirus on Wednesday, bringing the provincial total to 98,162. Wednesday’s case count is an increase from Tuesday which saw…
Danish Study Questions Use of Masks to Protect Wearers
Few public health measures have ever been as contentious as the requirement to wear masks in public. Many Americans and public health experts view the…
New Pfizer Results: Coronavirus Vaccine Is Safe and 95% Effective
The drug maker Pfizer said on Wednesday that its coronavirus vaccine was 95 percent effective and had no serious side effects — the first set…