President Donald Trump retweeted a post by game show host Chuck Woolery that unfoundedly claimed that “everyone is lying” about the coronavirus pandemic in a possible effort to thwart Trump’s re-election prospects this fall by damaging the economy. Conservative Woolery, who hosted shows like “Love Connection,” wrote Sunday night: “The …
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A new guide from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 40 percent of people infected with COVID-19 are asymptomatic and the likelihood of transmission from people without symptoms is 75 percent. In an updated guide also reported by CNN, the agency expanded its “best current estimate” based …
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The bubonic plague, caused by a bacterial infection, was chillingly known as “Black Death” when it wiped out some 50 million people in Africa, Asia and Europe in the Middle Ages. Its dark nickname refers to gangrenous blackening and death of body parts, including fingers and toes, which can occur …
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Calling the United States an “outlier” among nations that have otherwise succeeded in reducing the spread of coronavirus, a former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday that it was a mistake to reopen public spaces, like bars, early, and that the country is paying for …
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Public health officials told a Senate committee Thursday that a panel of experts outside the United States government can help decide who gets the COVID-19 vaccine first. Dr. Francis Collins, Director of the National Institutes of Health, acknowledged that the public might be wary of the US government having the …
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