Health

A staggering 1,120 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Kern County on Wednesday, a nearly tenfold increase over the number of daily cases reported in recent weeks. It is not simply amazing by our own measure. Kern has had the second or third highest number of daily cases of …

CONNECTICUT – There were ten new resident deaths, confirmed or suspected, and one more staff death attributed to COVID-19 in state nursing homes last week, according to the latest update released Friday by Governor Ned Lamont. Another 47 residents have tested positive for the virus and another 38 employees have …

Editor’s Note: The Salt Lake Tribune provides free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Enroll in our main newsletter, sent to your inbox every morning. To support journalism like this, please donate or become a subscriber. With seven new Utah coronavirus deaths reported Thursday and the largest number of …

Disney is no longer launching Mulan on August 21 and is currently taking the film apart. Oy, just when AMC was looking to turn the lights back on with a great movie in the country’s pockets. I understand that the number one industry leader in the global box office is …

The director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO) rejected comments by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday after he claimed that China had “bought” the head of the agency. Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called the allegations made by Pompeo in the United Kingdom that they are “false …