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Humboldt County Joint Information Center Press Release: The total number of confirmed Humboldt County COVID-19 cases increased to 181 after three new cases were reported today. Dr. Teresa Frankovich, Humboldt County Health Officer, said it is important to continue to refrain from meeting with people outside of your home. “We …

(Reuters) – British ministers are making plans to distribute millions of free tests for antibodies to the coronavirus after a UK government-backed version approved its first major tests, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Friday. Fingerprint tests, which can indicate in 20 minutes whether a person has been exposed to …

New discoveries about insect nanostructure, like a mosquito’s eye, could help design improved water-repellent coatings. Credit: Ling Wang, Penn State Through research on insect surfaces, Penn State researchers have detailed a previously unidentified nanostructure that can be used to design stronger, more resistant water-repellent coatings. The results of this research …

Last March, Disney Parks announced that all smoking areas within the park at Walt Disney World and Disneyland would be phased out, to be replaced by designated smoking areas outside the park entrances. Now, Disneyland Resort has announced in a memo to its cast members that all areas of the …

Democrats in the Florida state Congress on Friday called on the governor to impose a statewide face mask mandate to help combat record peaks of COVID-19. State health officials reported a daily record of 22,690 new cases of coronavirus on Friday night, along with 128 new deaths, according to the …