The Senate will vote this week on a sweeping $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, as Democrats try to get the legislation signed into law before federal unemployment benefits expire.”The Senate will take up the American Rescue Plan this week. I expect a hardy debate and some late nights, but the American people sent us here…
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A total of 146 students and staff at 27 K-12 school districts and two colleges have been infected by coronavirus in new school-related outbreaks, according to data released Monday, March 1, by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.The data was collected on Thursday, Feb. 25.The biggest new outbreaks involves 15 students and staff…
New coronavirus variants that have emerged in California and New York are “worrisome” reminders that it’s too soon to roll back pandemic restrictions, said Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert on infectious diseases.Fauci’s comments Sunday on several national news programs echoed those of the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…
Eighteen of Brazil’s 26 states and one federal district have ICU’s at over 80% capacity, federal and state data show. Nine of those are at the edge of collapse at over 90% capacity.Health Minister Eduardo Pazuello has acknowledged the crisis, telling state governors on Feb 25 that new coronavirus variants had made controlling the pandemic…
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg and Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff updated the community about the local response to COVID-19 in their daily briefing Monday night.Nirenberg reported 196,816 total COVID-19 cases and 2,670 total deaths in Bexar County, an increase of 288 new cases as of Monday. No new deaths were reported…
The Oregon Health Authority announced 197 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday and four new deaths as state officials made plans for the new Johnson & Johnson single-dose coronavirus vaccine approved for use by the federal government.Oregon will receive 34,000 doses of the vaccine this week, but the state anticipates less vaccines for the next…
The Oregon Health Authority announced 292 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday and no new deaths.Sunday marks one year since the first case of coronavirus was identified in Oregon. Since then, more than 155,000 Oregonians have been infected or presumed infected by the virus, and more than 2,200 Oregonians with COVID-19 have died.The Oregonian/OregonLive on…
The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief plan is facing a potential wood chipper in the Senate as lawmakers consider making changes to the mammoth bill.The House passed the legislation on Friday, sending it to the Senate, where it could come up next week. Leadership wants to get the bill signed into law by mid-March.But before Senate Democrats can pass…
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