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A mask policy in a Missouri salon likely helped prevent a pair of stylists who contracted the new coronavirus from passing it on to any of the nearly 140 clients they came into contact with, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Control. Disease Prevention …

Image copyright Reuters Screenshot Dr. Fauci: “It only reflects negatively on them” American infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci described recent efforts by the Trump administration to discredit him as “bizarre” and “meaningless.” “Ultimately, it hurts the president to do that,” Dr. Fauci said in an interview with The Atlantic. …

Florida was running out of ICU beds in numerous hospitals on Wednesday as COVID-19 cases continued to accumulate in the tens of thousands and the Trump administration seemed unable to stop it. In Oklahoma, Governor Kevin Stitt, a Republican who was criticized for posting a photo of himself eating with …

A widely cited coronavirus model has raised its death projection to more than 224,000 deaths in November. © The Associated Press The Associated Press The death toll in the US is currently over 136,000, meaning the nation will see approximately 88,000 additional deaths in the next three and a half …

At least 30 Mississippi lawmakers and 11 state capitol workers have tested positive for the coronavirus through Tuesday, according to the state health official. The number is an increase from the 26 lawmakers and another 10 originally reported that they had contracted the virus, state health officer Thomas Dobbs said, …