Health

The following is a brief summary of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. A healthcare worker wearing protective equipment holds a child while taking a swab sample from his mother to …

Riverside County plans to deliver 10 million masks, enough to give approximately four masks to each county resident, as part of a public outreach campaign aimed at stopping a surge in coronavirus cases that has slowed the county’s economic recovery and hampered efforts to reopen schools. The Masks Are Medicine …

Massachusetts health officials announced that a dozen more people died from the coronavirus, bringing the statewide death count to 8,291. Health officials also confirmed 210 additional cases of COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases statewide to at least 1,103,722. That is based on 11,330 molecular tests reported Saturday. The …

Sent by Thurston County Community Letter: July 24, 2020 Hello Thurston County! We are definitely seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases in Thurston County. The most common ways that people become infected is through travel, social gatherings, and others within their home. Now is the time to be physically distant, …

SAN DIEGO (CNS) – San Diego County public health officials reported 603 new COVID-19 cases and nine additional deaths Saturday, bringing the region’s total to 26,701 cases and 533 deaths. Authorities said five men and four women died between July 11 and 24 and that their ages ranged from 60 …