Health

Thousands of cyclists died Friday in the small town of Sturgis, South Dakota, ahead of the start of the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, despite concerns among residents that the 10-day meeting could spread the coronavirus. The rally, which has been taking place since 1938, is expected to draw 250,000 people …

UPDATE (2:45 pm) Tazewell County reported 29 more confirmed COVID-19 infections on Friday, and the province’s total increased to 476. TAZEWELL COUNTY (WEEK) – Tazewell County is one of 13 counties in the state to be elevated to COVID-19 warning status, the Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday. A …

A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 721,000 people worldwide. More than 19.3 million people worldwide have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University. The …

Six months after California lost its first victim to COVID-19, the state recorded more than 10,000 deaths – with nearly half in Los Angeles County. Officials registered 53 additional deaths in the province – bringing the total to 4,918 – and 3,116 new infections Friday, according to the Department of …

NEW YORK (AP) – Racial differences in the American coronavirus epidemic are spreading to children, according to two sobering government reports released Friday. One of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports looked at children with COVID-19 who needed hospitalization. Spanish children were hospitalized eight times higher than white …