Category: America
American Coronavirus News
The 2021 winter wave will be the largest Covid wave so far
It looks like the 2021 Covid global winter wave will be a much larger repeat of the 2020 winter wave, with Europe and North America being the biggest contributors of new Covid cases again. More...
USA: Three snow leopards die of COVID-19 at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Nebraska
Three snow leopards have died of COVID-19 at the Lincoln Children’s Zoo in Nebraska, officials say.
USA: nearly 59,000 vaccine breakthrough cases, 468 deaths in Massachusetts
Nearly 59,000 fully vaccinated Massachusetts residents have now tested positive for COVID-19 and 468 of them have died. More...
Canada: Covid transmission between mink, between mink and humans, and humans back to mink
The Canadian provincial Minister of Agriculture Lana Popham unveiled a process to permanently phase out the farming of mink, due to concerns over COVID-19. More...
USA: Hyenas test positive for Sars-Cov-2 in Colorado zoo
Two hyenas at the Denver Zoo have tested positive for the coronavirus, the first confirmed cases among the animals worldwide. More...
USA: family unaware of Covid victim dissected at autopsy event in hotel
A man who died of COVID-19 was dissected in front of a paying audience in a Portland, Oregon hotel, and his widow had no idea. More...
USA: Up to 80 percent of deer sampled in Iowa are infected with Covid
Up to 80 percent of deer sampled from April 2020 through January 2021 in Iowa were infected, a new study indicated. More...
1918 pandemic caused Long Covid like symptoms in survivors
“The influenza pandemic of 1918 was followed by another epidemic. More...
Five million Covid dead, 250 million infected in less than two years
At least five million people have died, and 250 million have been infected with Sars-Cov-2 in less than two years. More...
Evidence of two global Covid waves in 2020, and estimating the pandemic start date
Global Covid waves have been easy to spot in 2021 with their distinctive sine wave pattern, but what about 2020, when testing was largely limited to those with symptoms until late into that year? More...









