As of Monday, the country had reported 1,219 confirmed cases, including only 21 active infections, all in managed isolation facilities. There were no cases in 100 days via community transmission, authorities announced Sunday, with all new infections coming from abroad. In total, the island nation of 5 million people has …
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US refines China with a high-profile visit to Taiwan
Copyright EPA Image by image Mr Azar said Taiwan needed to be recognized as a global leader in health A U.S. cabinet member met the president of Taiwan on Monday – a move that angered China and heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex …
Read More »North Carolina earthquake is strongest in area since 1916
A magnitude 5.1 earthquake that struck North Carolina near the border with Virginia on Sunday morning was the largest area in more than a century, the Geological Survey of the United States said. The quake struck about 20 miles southeast of Sparta, NC, a city about 100 miles north of …
Read More »US Coronavirus: More than 97,000 children test positive for Covid-19 in the last two weeks of July, report says
The report, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association, said in those two weeks there was a 40% increase in child deaths in the states and cities studied. The age range for children varies by state, with some defining children as just those up to …
Read More »Republican governor ‘comfortable’ with post-in-vote despite Trump attacks
TOPLINE Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine expressed confidence on Sunday about no-excuse mail-in-votes in his state, making him one of a sizable group of Republican state officials who are defending the practice for the November election, despite Trump’s attacks on vote-to-mail -as inherently fraudulent. Republican presidential candidate Mike DeWine will speak …
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