Health

An influential group of city teachers rejected Mayor de Blasio’s reopening of school buildings in September, and does not rule out a strike as a last resort. The caucus of the United Federation of Teachers’ Archive and Rank Educators Movement has already collected nearly 4,000 signatures demanding that schools remain …

Dr. Anthony Fauci suggested on Wednesday that Americans should consider wearing glasses or a face shield to prevent the spread or capture of COVID-19. “If you have glasses or an eye shield, you should wear it,” the nation’s leading infectious disease expert told ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer …

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – The San Diego County public health official said a Pacific Beach gym that was ordered to shut down last week has been linked to a COVID-19 community outbreak. The gym, located at 2949 Garnett Ave., was ordered to close July 23 for violating public health orders, …

Four students were reportedly arrested in Hong Kong in the first police operation to enforce China’s new “national security” law. Arrests have previously been made under the new law for banners and slogans displayed in protests. “Three men and a woman, aged 16-21, who claimed to be students, were arrested …

Dr. Anthony Fauci says that eye protection may be recommended at some point to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. The infectious disease expert sat down for a remote Q&A with ABC News via his Instagram account on Wednesday, and his comments on the glasses raised many eyebrows on social …