Health

JERUSALEM – The Israeli government said on Thursday it was tightening its second national lockdown after the number of coronavirus cases rose to nearly 5,000 a day in the past week, the highest per capita rate in the world. The new measures, to be implemented on Friday, will remain in …

Swiss authorities have ordered a quarantine for the entire undergraduate student population of the prestigious hospitality management school following the “significant outbreak” of COVID-19. Health officials in Switzerland’s Vaud Canton or the region announced Wednesday that all 2,500 undergraduate students at the “Ecole Hotelier de Lausanne” (EHL) must be self-quarantined …

Less than six weeks before election day in a war-torn state, the five-member board said it had unanimously agreed to a compromise, which the court must approve. A settlement hearing is scheduled for Oct. 2, allowing the postmarked ballot to be received six days later on election day. In a …

Sonoma County, one of California’s last two air counties stalled at a highly restricted level of plans to reopen coronavirus, could reach the state benchmark just like next week, allowing it to resume a wide range of public activities by mid-October. The public health official said Wednesday. The result will …

Speaking to the Senate Health Committee this week, the U.S. director of disease control and prevention said. Preliminary results from the first phase of the study conducted by the agency show that more than 90% of the population is vulnerable, the centers said. U.S. Both lead the world in both …