Health

BILLINGS – Yellowstone County health officials announced another COVID-19-related death Thursday related to a fatal outbreak at a Billings call center. According to a RiverStone Health press release, a man in his 70s died Wednesday at Canyon Creek Memory Care, marking the fourteenth person who died after a coronavirus outbreak …

Wednesday was a day of macabre milestones in California. Counties across the state reported more deaths than any previous day of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data collected by this news organization: 155, pushing the cumulative number of deaths north of 8,000 and the average of seven. more than 96 …

Between 40,000 and 60,000 years ago, humans and Neanderthals bundled up before the latter disappeared from existence. We probably didn’t feel their pain then, but about 0.4 percent of Britons probably feel it now, thanks to a genetic gift from those extinct hominids. A genetic variant that can be traced …

For sale, masks are seen displayed on a clothesline in the front yard of a Los Angeles home on July 20, 2020. Chris Delmas | AFP | fake pictures A homemade cloth face mask probably needs two to three layers to be effective in preventing the spread of the coronavirus, …

Disney is delaying the release of some of its biggest box office hits, including “Mulan,” “Star Wars,” and “Avatar,” as the coronavirus pandemic continues to rock the world. “Mulan,” the live-action remake of its animated classic, has been postponed indefinitely, the company said Thursday. It had been scheduled to begin …