Health

A farmer burns a straw stubble on a farm near Jandila Guru in Amritsar, India on October 16. Samir Sehgal / Hindustan Times / Getty Images A familiar scene is happening in North India. Fields filled with stalks of already harvested crops have been burnt. Billing smoke travels across state …

California will return fans to outdoor stadiums for pro-sporting events in counties with low coronavirus infection rates, the state’s top health official said Tuesday. San Francisco and neighboring Almeida and Santa Clara are the only counties that meet the threshold for pro sports. However, shortly after the announcement, Santa Clara …

California health officials on Tuesday issued long-awaited guidelines for reopening theme parks in the state, setting targets when attractions such as Disneyland Resort, Anaheim and Universal Studios Hollywood in Los Angeles could open their doors. For large parks, that could go a long way: their counties must reach at least …

Amazon’s headquarters are virtually empty on March 10, 2020 in downtown Seattle, Washington. In response to the coronavirus outbreak, Amazon recommended all employees in its Seattle office fees work from home, leaving most of downtown empty. John Moore | Getty Images Amazon will allow employees to work from home until …

According to research published this week in the Journal of the American Dental Association, less than 1 percent of dentists tested positive for coronavirus in the first month after relapse, although their methods may be hotspots of infection. The researchers conducted the study in early June and asked 2,195 dentists …