Health

California has become the first state in the nation to surpass 600,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus. As of Friday morning, there were more than 603,000 recorded cases. The state has now also reported 11,000 deaths. Yet despite the gruesome numbers, there is growing evidence that the increase in infections and …

A particular heart condition linked to the new coronavirus is a growing concern for university athletes. Dr Colleen Kraft, a fellow with the Infectious Diseases Society of America, who on Thursday held a press release with NCAA hosts on COVID-19 and college athletics, said she was very concerned about myocarditis, …

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. government scientists have begun efforts to create a strain of the new coronavirus that could be used in human challenge tests of vaccines, a controversial type of study in which healthy volunteers would vaccinate and then deliberately infect with the virus, Reuters has …

Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Arizona reached 191,721 on Friday, August 14, an increase of 928 from the previous day; and the number of deaths attributed to COVID-19 reached 4,423, an increase of 40 from the previous day, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services. It marks the fourth day …

Coronavirus EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) – The El Paso Department of Public Health reported 24 additional coronavirus-related deaths Friday – the highest one-day increase the province has experienced. The death toll now stands at 354. There have been 63 reported deaths reported so far this week, which is also a …