Health

The outlook for California coronavirus worsened over the holiday weekend as hospitalizations continued to rise and more counties were added on Sunday to Governor Gavin Newsom’s COVID-19 watch list, which is now at its highest level since the pandemic began. The rate at which tests of coronavirus in California return …

The Washington Nationals and Houston Astros have canceled their team’s training scheduled for Monday, citing the safety of their players as both clubs await the results of the COVID-19 tests last Friday. Nationals president and general manager Mike Rizzo announced the current decision of the World Series champions and asked …

Consumers should avoid five additional brands of hand sanitizer that tested positive for methanol, a substance that can be toxic when absorbed through the skin or ingested, the Food and Drug Administration said. The warning comes after the agency last month. warned against any of the nine brands of possibly …

Calling the United States an “outlier” among nations that have otherwise succeeded in reducing the spread of coronavirus, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that it was a mistake to reopen public spaces, like bars, early, and that the country is paying for …

A group of 239 international scientists wrote an open letter to the World Health Organization and other agencies to be more direct in explaining the nature of the virus in the air. They say that some public health officials seem reluctant to use the word “loaded.” “The best vaccine against …