Health

But the new guidelines released Thursday recommend that local officials consider closing or keeping schools closed if there is substantial and uncontrolled transmission of the virus. The CDC has been promising new guidelines for more than a week, following President Donald Trump’s demands that the agency alter its recommendations to …

According to a new analysis, the cost of preventing more pandemics in the next decade by protecting wildlife and forests would amount to only 2% of the estimated financial damage caused by Covid-19. The researchers said two new viruses a year had spilled from their wildlife hosts to humans over …

The Oregon Health Authority reported 331 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday and two new deaths. The new case totals are well below the record 437 cases announced a week ago, but they are still high relative to daily case counts seen in the past four months. The number of …

A “big home party” in Chatham earlier this month has resulted in at least 10 positive cases of COVID-19 so far and a “group notification” sent by the state Department of Health to city officials. “This is something that I think we’ve all been very concerned about,” said Dr. Robert …

Ah, opening day. Better late than never, I guess! We have our list finalized, there is a real game live on TV tonight … for the first time ever, things feel … semi-normal? Therefore, I was feeling more joyful today and decided to torture myself a little by remembering the …