Health

“I beg your viewers. I beg you,” Jerome Adams said during the appearance before the conservative audience on “Fox & Friends.” “Please understand that we are not trying to take away your liberties when we say, ‘Wear a face covering.'” So why isn’t a face mask required? “If you’re going …

Coronavirus cases in Pennsylvania topped 100,000 over the weekend, as the state’s COVID-19 death toll reached 7,000. The Pennsylvania Department of Health reported 711 new positive cases Monday, bringing the state total to 101,738 with 7,018 deaths. (Can’t see the map? Click here.) The statewide case rate continues to trend …

NEW YORK – Former New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced Monday to 6.5 years in prison in the corruption case that removed him from power when a judge said he hoped to “send a message to Albany.” . United States District Judge Valerie E. Caproni sentenced Silver, 76, …

24 other cases of the coronavirus were detected in Maine, health officials said Monday. According to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there have been 3,711 cases in all Maine counties since the outbreak began here in March. That’s over 3,687 on Sunday. Of these, 3,287 have been …

AstraZeneca Plc fell from a record in New York trade after data for the company’s Covid-19 vaccine candidate, while promising, fueled concerns about whether it can match competitors. Bernstein analysts led by Ronny Gal said the vaccine, developed in association with the University of Oxford, showed initial positive data, but …