Health

On Friday, Marin County joined Solano and Santa Clara counties on the list. According to CDPH, Marin County is experiencing high virus transmission and more hospitalizations. Some of this is due to the massive outbreak in San Quentin, where 1 in 3 inmates tested positive for COVID-19. Additionally, the state …

(Reuters) – Iranians who do not wear masks will be denied state services and workplaces that do not comply with health protocols will be closed for a week, President Hassan Rouhani said Saturday when he launched new measures to try to curb the coronavirus. Iranian President Hassan Rouhani is seen …

Alaska has recorded 165 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in three days, continuing a rapid increase in the case count since the state relaxed its preventive measures in May. Saturday’s update from the Department of Health and Human Services showed 55 new cases: 48 in Alaska residents and seven in nonresidents. …

Dr. Ashish Jha, director of the Harvard Institute of Global Health, predicted that there is a probability that a coronavirus vaccine will be available in early 2021, but cautioned that it may not be 100 percent effective. Jha told “Fox News Sunday” that he was encouraged by developments in vaccine …

For the writer Samuel Johnson, “there was nothing yet invented by man, by which as much happiness as a good tavern was produced.” And Shakespeare also captured the sentiment: a “Henry V” character wants to be “in a London brewery,” reasoning, “I would give all my fame for a mug …