U.S. Hits 100,000 COVID-19 Hospitalizations; More Than 3,100 Daily Deaths Data from the COVID Tracking Project show 100,226 people were hospitalized Wednesday, while Johns Hopkins reports 3,157 deaths — a new one-day record. Jaclyn Diaz
More WA Covid-19 hospitalizations, more deaths, and plans for a vaccine rollout ‘As we speak, in Washington there are over 1,000 people in the hospital with Covid. That's double what it was about a month ago.’ Kim Malcolm
CDC Adviser On COVID-19 Vaccine Priority Groups And Why Some Aren't Eager To Be First Dr. Robert Atmar, a member of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, says he's hearing hesitancy among some front line medical workers about being first in line for a vaccine. Mary Louise Kelly
'We Don't Have To Live This Way': Doctors Call For Climate Action Heat waves, air pollution and extreme weather are making people sick and, increasingly, killing people. A key report by global physicians says fossil fuels are to blame. Rebecca Hersher
CDC Shortens Length Of Quarantine Aimed At Preventing Spread Of The Coronavirus The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changed its recommendations. Now it says people without coronavirus symptoms need to quarantine for 10 days, or seven — if they then test negative. Rob Stein
U.N. Commission Removes Cannabis From Its Most Strict Drug Control List The vote follows World Health Organization guidance saying that due to cannabis' therapeutic use and other factors, it "is not consistent with the criteria" for a Schedule IV drug. Bill Chappell
Social Distancing Plummeted In Lead Up To Fall Surge, Survey Finds Social distancing fell dramatically between spring and fall and the gap between Democrats and Republicans widened. But both ends of the political spectrum agree on some measures to fight COVID-19. Rob Stein
CDC Shortens Its COVID-19 Quarantine Recommendations In revised guidelines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention trimmed its recommended quarantine for possible exposure — from 14 days to seven or 10, depending on test results and symptoms. Colin Dwyer
'These Are Deaths That Could Have Been Prevented,' Says Researcher Studying Evictions A federal moratorium on evictions is set to expire on Dec. 31. Kathryn Leifheit of UCLA says new data suggest evictions are linked to increases in coronavirus cases and deaths. Maureen Pao
U.K. Health Workers Could Get A COVID-19 Vaccine As Soon As Next Week The United Kingdom has become the first country to approve a thoroughly tested COVID-19 vaccine. A British regulatory agency approved the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday. Steve Inskeep
