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FORT WORTH, Texas – Tarrant County reported 820 new cases of COVID-19 and two more deaths on Monday, including the cases over the holiday weekend. It is a continuation of a sudden surge in the county and public health officials reiterated that it is a dangerous trend. “We have given …

Governor Gavin Newsom said Monday that the increase in coronavirus cases affecting California was due in part to younger people who might believe they “are invincible” but are still getting sick from COVID-19. These are younger adults, whom Newsom called “invincible youth,” who are testing positive for the disease, a …

Three active site configurations where the GC-376 inhibitor binds to the major protease of the COVID-19 virus (target drug Mpro), as shown in 3D computer modeling. Credit: Image generated by Yu Chen, University of Health, South Florida, using X-ray crystallography As the death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic increases, scientists …

The Orange County Health Care Agency reported that there were 1,028 new confirmed coronavirus cases as of Monday, July 6. The total accumulated cases reached 17,882 since the tests began in March. (You can see the increase in case totals by city since June 6 on the map below.) There …

The California Assembly leader said Monday that he will delay legislative hearings after a Los Angeles lawmaker tested positive for the coronavirus, forcing the state Capitol to shut down in order to disinfect it. The announcements came after Assemblywoman Autumn Burke (D-Marina Del Rey) and four other people working in …