COVID-19 pandemic death toll tops 800,000 in U.S.
Fox News
As scientists worked to discover more about the omicron variant and more Americans received booster doses of vaccines, the U.S. death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic surpassed the 800,000 mark on Tuesday.
There have also been more than 50.2 million confirmed cases in the U.S. alone, according to the data tracker.
According to The New York Times, 75% of those who have died from the virus were age 65 or older and one in 100 older Americans has died from COVID-19. Idaho officials said Tuesday that one out of every four COVID-19 deaths in the state was among residents of nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
Clonazepam, popular anxiety-reducing drug, recalled nationwide for ‘possibly life-threatening’ error
The anxiety-reducing drug, Clonazepam, has been recalled after a potentially "life-threatening" label mix-up, the FDA said in the recall.