Health

Wearing vigilant masks could have prevented nearly 140 people from contracting the coronavirus at a hair salon in Missouri, according to a report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In May, people interacted with two stylists with confirmed coronavirus infections, but neither ended up exhibiting symptoms …

The number of deaths carefully followed by COVID-19 may not fully capture the loss of life during the pandemic. Analysis of state and federal statistics for all-cause deaths shows hundreds of additional deaths above normal levels this spring in the Pacific Northwest. Some or many of them may overlook COVID-19 …

Without fanfare, or one of Governor Gavin Newsom’s regular press conferences, California quietly released the news that 11,126 new confirmed cases of coronavirus had been reported on Wednesday. That’s the second-highest total of new cases since the pandemic began, overshadowed only by the 11,694 new cases reported last Tuesday. But …

Mosquito-borne West Nile virus was detected in a sample collected last week in Brighton, marking the first time the disease appeared in Boston this year, the city’s Public Health Commission confirmed Tuesday. “While much of the focus right now is on the COVID-19 pandemic and the slowdown in the spread …

Virginia has adopted statewide emergency workplace safety standards to address the coronavirus, making the state the first in the nation to implement such protective measures. The Virginia Board of Health and Safety Codes voted Wednesday to adopt the temporary emergency standard for infectious disease prevention, which was written under the …