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In his first official press conference on the coronavirus pandemic since April, President Trump admitted Tuesday that the public health crisis is likely to worsen as cases emerge across the country and called on all Americans to wear masks in public. While Trump praised his administration’s response to the pandemic …

By Markian Hawryluk, Kaiser Health News Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at the University of Colorado UCHealth Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: confirmation of the third case of trench fever this year, a rare condition transmitted by body lice …

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his department are stepping up attacks on China over human rights abuses in the country and the handling of the coronavirus, the spikes that emerge when observers around the world are outraged by Beijing’s treatment of pro-democracy protesters and Uighur Muslims. They also come …

Since it is possible to transmit the coronavirus even if it shows no symptoms, the CDC recommends covering your face to protect others. You can buy disposable masks, sew your own from cloth, or buy cloth masks, but experts warn about using N95 respirators with a breather valve. N95 respirators …

Good Morning. (This article is part of the California Today newsletter. sign up here to receive it by email) First, we have an update on the pandemic: On Monday, Governor Gavin Newsom provided a snapshot of an ever-changing state a week after he announced the largest state-level reversal to date …