Health

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A Florida Department of Health error produced a COVID-19 positivity rate for children of nearly a third, a staggering number that played into the debate over whether schools should reopen. A week after issuing that statistic, the department withdrew it without explanation. The following weekly report …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Floyd, the oldest and tallest giraffe at the San Francisco Zoo, died Friday. The 18-year-old male reticulated giraffe had joint degeneration from aging and had suffered a significant decline in health, according to a statement from the zoo. “His imposing but serene size, and his independent …

Kane County is the only metropolitan county in the Chicago area that did not exceed the state’s warning level for new cases per capita last week. The metric shows that Chicago, Cook County and DuPage, Lake, McHenry and Will counties saw more than 50 new cases for every 100,000 residents …

On January 8 I asked The edgeThe scientific team must monitor the first reports of a new virus that had recently emerged in China. When I launched an article about that new virus The Washington Post On Slack, someone joked that 2020 got off to a good start, which clearly …

Kanye West has found new confidence in his candidacy for the presidency. He tweeted Saturday: “I can beat Biden in writing” after suggesting earlier this week that he can postpone his campaign until 2024. West on Wednesday morning posted and then deleted the tweets suggesting he can wait to run …