The new briefings, beginning just a week into Biden’s tenure, are meant as an explicit rejection of his predecessor’s approach to the coronavirus outbreak.
For the last two and a half months, Lauren and her family have been facing their own challenge, one she has shared on social media, after she tested positive for COVID-19.
The fast-moving events on Capitol Hill come as Biden's team at the White House is meeting privately with lawmakers to develop a bipartisan package, in line with his “unity” agenda.
The Biden administration is giving states an approximately 17% boost in vaccine next week following complaints around the U.S. of shortages so severe that some vaccination sites had to cancel tens of thousands of appointments with people waiting for their first shot.
In Tuesday’s update, Governor Andy Beshear confirmed that two cases of the COVID-19 variant from the United Kingdom have been reported in the commonwealth.
COVID-19 cases are now on the decline in Louisville. But, even with mass vaccinations and several straight weeks of dropping case numbers, health care leaders are urging people to keep following COVID-19 safety protocols.
Quarantine hotels have been used to limit virus transmissions in countries including Australia, New Zealand, China, India and Singapore but the practice has not been widely adopted in Europe.
More experts are saying wearing two masks or masks with extra layers could be more effective in stopping the spread of COVID-19 and the new strains of the virus that are emerging.
The government’s top infectious-disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, said the improvement in numbers around the country appears to be the result of “natural peaking and then plateauing” after a holiday surge.
Governor Andy Beshear said Monday that by the end of the first week in February all teachers in the state will have gotten the first dose of the COVID vaccine.
Bill would aim to give brewers more control over the sale of their products, allowing them to forego distributors and sell directly to retail customers.
Until a COVID-19 vaccine is available to the general public, some doctors have recommended upgrading or doubling down on masks to prevent a more disastrous surge.
Four times as many jobs were lost last year due to the coronavirus pandemic as during the worst part of the global financial crisis in 2009, a U.N. report said Monday.
The 11-year-old ended up in the cardiac intensive care unit with myocarditis, or inflammation of the heart muscle, after he caught a seemingly mild case of COVID-19.
Top aides to President Joe Biden have begun talks with a group of moderate Senate Republicans and Democrats on Biden's proposed $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package.
Straining to handle record numbers of COVID-19 patients, hundreds of the nation’s intensive care units are running out of space and supplies and competing to hire temporary traveling nurses at soaring rates.
Two White House officials say President Joe Biden on Monday will formally reinstate COVID-19 travel restrictions on non-U.S. travelers from Brazil, Ireland, United Kingdom and 26 other European countries that allow travel across open borders.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that President Joe Biden’s goal of administering 100 million vaccinations in the first 100 days actually means about 67 million Americans should be protected from COVID-19 during that time.
The district will have to appoint another acting chief soon, just a month after Chief Rob Orkies death, because Major Garry Key is in the hospital on a ventilator..
In between doses, experts say the Pfizer vaccine is 50% effective. It takes at least two weeks after the second dose to receive the full benefit of 95% protection.
The fourth time’s the charm. That’s how Louisville bride Kristina Johns sums up her 2021 wedding now set for February, and her reception that’s been moved to August.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said the state has the systems in place to distribute 250,000 vaccines per week, but without the supply, it is just not possible.
It could take three to four years for the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport to fully recover from the $29 million hit the pandemic took on its budget in 2020.
It was the first step in getting students back in the classroom in Jefferson County as thousands of educators and education staff lined up for their first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine at Broadbent Arena.
British officials say they are confident that the vaccines that have been authorized for use against COVID-19 will be effective against the new strain identified in the country.
Since the COVID fatality rate is higher in the elderly, county health officials told WAVE 3 healthcare workers are doing what they can with what they’ve got.
One day before Jefferson County Public Schools teachers start getting the COVID-19 vaccine, many private and Catholic school educators were in line. Among them, a face very familiar to many folks in Louisville.
The COVID-19 vaccines rolling out in the United States, the United Kingdom and other parts of the world so far require two shots given a few weeks apart.
Residents and staff who got the drug had up to a 57% lower risk of getting COVID-19 compared to others at the same facility who got a placebo, the drugmaker said.
Saga Cruise Lines announced passengers must be fully vaccinated, meaning they've received both doses of the vaccine at least 14 days before their departure.
Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, lowering claims to 900,000, still a historically high level that points to further job cuts in a raging pandemic.
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s quick commitment to the WHO — whose response to the pandemic has been criticized by many, but most vociferously by the Trump administration — marks a dramatic and vocal shift toward a more cooperative approach to fighting the pandemic.
Larry Owens wants to get the vaccine so he can return to being with family, friends, eating at restaurants, and traveling. That's why he decided to serve as a volunteer at the city's drive-thru clinic.
