The U.S. death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 700,000 late Friday — a number greater than the population of Boston. The last 100,000 deaths occurred during a time when vaccines — which overwhelmingly prevent deaths, hospitalizations and serious illness — were available to any American over the age of 12.
(CNN) -- The US surpassed 700,000 deaths from COVID-19 on Friday, 108 days after the country reached 600,000 deaths from the virus, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh tested positive for COVID-19, the court announced Friday, noting that he's fully vaccinated and showed no symptoms. Kavanaugh learned of the positive test Thursday evening, ahead of Justice Amy Coney Barrett's ceremonial investiture Friday morning, according to a news release from the court.
(CNN) -- A pill has cut the risk of hospitalization or death from COVID-19 by half in a study, Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics said Friday. It would become the first oral medicine that fights viral infection for COVID-19 if approved by the FDA for emergency use authorization.
The city of Los Angeles appears close to enacting one of the strictest rules in the United States requiring proof of full vaccination against COVID to enter many indoor public spaces.
(CNN) -- For the first time since June, the rate of new COVID-19 deaths in the US is expected to decrease over the next four weeks, according to an ensemble forecast from the CDC.