Healthcare workers transfer a patient to Covid-19 Unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas on Thursday, July 2, 2020. MARK FELIX Hospitals in Houston, Texas are on track to be overwhelmed in about two weeks as coronavirus cases increase, Mayor Sylvester Turner said Sunday. “The number of people …
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According to a new study, a Neanderthals transmitted a stretch of DNA linked to Covid-19 60,000 years ago. Scientists do not yet know why this particular segment increases the risk of severe coronavirus disease. But the new findings, which were published online Friday and have yet to be published in …
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Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) said Sunday that “there should have been face coatings” at the July 4 event at Mount Rushmore late last week. Hutchinson told NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he believes the event was a “good” way to “celebrate our independence” in a “controlled environment.” But he …
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Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) pressed again President TrumpDonald John Trump protesters tear down the Christopher Columbus statue on Baltimore Independence Day star Bill Pullman, urging Americans to wear a “mask of freedom” on July 4.Characterizing the coronavirus as “harmless” in 99 percent of cases, saying on Sunday that city …
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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego (D) said Sunday that the pace of Arizona’s reopening indicated to some residents that the coronavirus crisis was over and, in turn, sparked a record number of new cases. “We opened too early in Arizona. We were one of the last states to stay home and …
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