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રા Samara Hayes / Getty Images Inhalers like N95 face masks are needed to protect health care workers from illness. Samara Hayes / Getty Images Respirators work to protect health care and emergency workers from inhaling chemicals or infectious particles. Respirators such as N95 face masks are more effective than …

NEW YORK (AP) – Famous journalist, historian, world traveler and literary figure Jane Morris, who pioneered the transgender movement in middle age, has died at the age of 94. Morris died in Veracruz on Friday morning, according to his literary representative, United Agents. Her agent Sophie Scard has confirmed her …

Bergen County, which has been hit hardest by the coronavirus since New Jersey’s first case, is testing the county’s sewers for Covid-19, expecting a potential two weeks before it hits, officials said. At a press conference Friday, Bergen County executive Jim Tedesco announced that the partnership with global engineering company, …

SYRACUSE, NY – Coronavirus hospitalization today reached a record level of 92, the highest since the epidemic began in March, Onandaga County executive Ryan McMahon said. McMahon also noted the deaths of two more people in Onandaga County: an 88-year-old woman and a 72-year-old man. The number of hospital admissions …

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