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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 424

Carla K. Johnson

File: Passengers wearing masks walk through Beijing Capital Airport terminal, in China, December 13, 2022. (AP/Ng Han Guan)
December 29, 2022, 2:36 am
US, others to require travelers from China to submit negative COVID tests
Beginning January 5, America-bound passengers must test for virus no more than two days before flying, as cases in China jump following end of zero-COVID policy
By Carla K. Johnson
Maya Goode, a COVID-19 technician, performs a test on Jessica Sanchez outside Asthenis Pharmacy in Providence, Rhode Island, December 7, 2021. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)
January 12, 2022, 12:24 am
Experts believe Omicron may be headed for rapid drop in US, Britain
University of Washington scientist predicts daily cases in US to peak at 1.2 million by January 19, and then quickly fall ‘because everybody who could be infected will be infected’
By Maria Cheng and Carla K. Johnson
In this photo provided by the University of Maryland School of Medicine, members of the surgical team show the pig heart for transplant into patient David Bennett in Baltimore on Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (Mark Teske/University of Maryland School of Medicine via AP)
January 11, 2022, 1:13 am
In world first, US surgeons successfully transplant a pig heart into human patient
Doctors at Baltimore hospital say 57-year-old, who did not qualify for human heart, doing well 3 days after operation to implant organ genetically modified against rejection
By Carla K. Johnson
A member of the Salt Lake County Health Department COVID-19 testing staff performs a test outside the Salt Lake County Health Department, on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, in Salt Lake City. (AP/Rick Bowmer)
January 5, 2022, 12:36 am
Rocketing COVID case numbers lose relevancy as Omicron surge shifts calculus
As US sees record infections, some health experts say hospital admissions — which have risen more slowly — are a better metric for assessing pandemic’s severity
By Carla K. Johnson
People wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site in Times Square, New York, Dec. 13, 2021 (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
December 16, 2021, 8:12 am
Omicron threatens US hospitals already battling Delta; highest daily case rate in UK
Experts say highly-infectious strain already outpacing others; 13% of cases in NY/NJ area are Omicron; EU chief: ‘Once again, this Christmas will be overshadowed by the pandemic’
By laura ungar and Carla K. Johnson
Relatives of Luis Enrique Rodriguez, who died of COVID-19, visit where he was buried on a hill at the El Pajonal de Cogua Natural Reserve, in Cogua, north of Bogota, Colombia, October 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
November 1, 2021, 4:12 pm
COVID-19’s global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years
Coronavirus now 3rd-leading cause of death worldwide, after heart disease and stroke; US, EU, Britain and Brazil account for nearly half of all reported virus deaths
By Carla K. Johnson
A surgical team at the hospital in New York examines a pig kidney attached to the body of a deceased recipient for any signs of rejection, September 2021. (Joe Carrotta/NYU Langone Health via AP)
October 20, 2021, 9:01 am
US scientists successfully attach working pig kidney to human body
Decades-long quest to use animal organs for life-saving transplants takes major new leap as swine kidney successfully filters waste and produces urine without being rejected
By Carla K. Johnson
In this Sept. 17, 2021, file photo, Zoe Nassimoff looks at white flags that are part of artist Suzanne Brennan Firstenberg's temporary art installation, "In America: Remember," in remembrance of Americans who have died of COVID-19, on the National Mall in Washington. Nassimoff's grandparents who lived in Florida died from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)
October 2, 2021, 2:20 am
US COVID cases are falling, but country on brink of 700,000 dead
While fourth wave appears to have peaked, officials are concerned about coming winter season with 70 million eligible Americans still refusing vaccinations
By Amy Forliti and Carla K. Johnson
Aman is inoculated with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a mobile vaccination clinic in Pomona, California, March 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
March 6, 2021, 6:54 am
Americans vaccinated against COVID-19 await guidance on what to do next
Over 28 million in US are fully vaccinated and still waiting for official advice on mask-wearing, visiting family, going to restaurants
By Carla K. Johnson, Mike Stobbe and Zeke Miller
People who had appointments to get COVID-19 vaccinations talk to New York City health care workers, Jan. 21, 2021, outside a closed vaccine hub in the Brooklyn borough of New York after they were told to come back in a week due to a shortage of vaccines (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
January 22, 2021, 9:13 am
Health experts blame Trump administration failures for US vaccine shortages
Officials say previous leadership didn’t order enough doses or provide enough funding, meaning that push has not been accompanied by sufficient supply to meet demand
By Carla K. Johnson, brian melley and Karen Matthews
Registered nurses Kyanna Barboza, right, tends to a COVID-19 patient as Kobie Walsh puts on her PPE at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, California, January 7, 2021. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
January 8, 2021, 7:59 am
Daily coronavirus deaths in US reach new record of nearly 4,000
Surging transmission claims the lives of 3,865 Americans; president continues to downplay virus
By Carla K. Johnson and LISA MARIE PANE
A worker hands a COVID-19 testing kit to a man at a testing site in Los Angeles, California, December 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
December 31, 2020, 2:20 am
California confirms 2nd US case of mutant UK virus variant
Infection indicates the more transmissible coronavirus strain is likely spreading in US
By COLLEEN SLEVIN and Carla K. Johnson
A Thanksgiving turkey surrounded by side dishes. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead, FIle)
November 10, 2020, 7:01 pm
With Thanksgiving coming, experts say stuff the turkey but not your home
Medical professionals warn close-quarter indoor gatherings are a source for infections and recommend small well-ventilated family meals or outdoor activities this year
By Carla K. Johnson
In this November 3, 2020, file photo, a woman votes at the MLB Urban Youth Academy in Kansas City, Missouri. (AP/Charlie Riedel, File)
November 6, 2020, 12:41 am
US places with highest virus surges overwhelmingly came out for Trump
93% of 376 counties with highest number of new cases per capita went for president
By Carla K. Johnson, HANNAH FINGERHUT and PIA DESHPANDE
Activists from the COVID Memorial Project mark 200,000 lives lost in the US to COVID-19 after placing thousands of small American flags on the grounds of the National Mall in Washington, September 22, 2020. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
September 22, 2020, 8:51 pm
‘Unfathomable’: US death toll from coronavirus hits 200,000
Experts ponder how technological and medical superpower became the country with the world’s highest number of fatalities from COVID-19
By Carla K. Johnson
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