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Researchers at Florida Atlantic University have experimented with different materials and styles of nonmedical masks, and found that a well-fitted sewn-in mask made of two layers of padded fabric was most effective in stopping the spread of cough drops and emulated sneezes. They also compared a slightly folded homemade face …

Image copyright AFP / Getty Images The Prime Minister has set out how £ 5bn would be spent on infrastructure projects to make the UK “recover better”. Boris Johnson compared his plan to the New Deal of former President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Reality Check has taken …

The Ingham County Health Department is asking customers who visited Harper’s Restaurant & Brew Pub between June 12 and 20 to quarantine and report Covid-19 cases, the department said in a statement. Of the more than 100 positive cases, 12 are of secondary transmission, Linda S. Vail, Ingham County Health …

For a brief moment, California returned to bars, beaches, and Botox. But after a few days, much of the state is changing course as hospitals see an alarming increase in people sick with COVID-19, raising the specter of an overwhelmed medical system. “It’s scary,” said Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease …

About 25% of residents of the New York City area have likely already been infected with the coronavirus, former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said Tuesday. Researchers at the Mount Sinai Health System in New York City released a study Monday, suggesting that 19.3% of people in …