Health

Governor Gavin Newsom entered the debate on reopening schools for the fall, declaring on Friday that those in counties on the state watch list for disturbing COVID-19 outbreaks should begin fall instruction without students in classrooms and instead teach them remotely online. Newsom has come under increasing pressure to keep …

The wave of cases that made Los Angeles the center of California’s surge in coronavirus is now being blocked in nearby suburban counties. Over the past week, San Bernardino, Riverside and Orange counties have outperformed Los Angeles County in per capita case rates, the Los Angeles Times reported. As of …

(Reuters) – Divided Americans deepened discussions about masks mandates and the reopening of schools on Friday, with states and localities choosing conflicting strategies in the face of growing cases of coronavirus. In the state of Georgia, Governor Brian Kemp sued the Mayor of Atlanta to prevent him from sending masks, …

“We haven’t heard a peep from (Senate Majority Leader Mitch) McConnell or the Republicans or the administration about any proposal, even though we’ve been asking for weeks and weeks and weeks,” Schumer said in a conference call with workers. and advocates lobbying for significant state and local funds, a critical …

Florida hit another sinister record, with 156 deaths from the virus, and health officials reported a staggering 13,965 new cases. South Carolina confirmed 69 deaths, more than double any other day. In Louisiana, where authorities thought they had contained the virus earlier this year only to become a hot spot …