Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) announced Thursday that the city is issuing an emergency travel order directing all residents and travelers entering Chicago from states experiencing an increase in coronavirus cases to the quarantined for 14 days in an effort to slow the spread of the virus. The order, issued …
Read More »Scientists say the world’s dominant coronavirus strain is different from the one that originated in Wuhan
A strain of the coronavirus that was first seen in Italy is now the dominant strain of the virus, a group of scientists said Thursday. In an article published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Cell, researchers working with the Sheffield COVID-19 Genomics Group announced that the new strain “has become …
Read More »More than 300 children in Texas daycare have caught COVID-19
Although nationwide COVID-19 transmission rates among children appear to remain relatively low, more than 300 children in Texas child care centers have tested positive, and the numbers are increasing rapidly. As of Tuesday, 950 positive cases of COVID-19 (307 children and 643 staff members) were reported at 668 child care …
Read More »Florida Registers More Than 10K Cases of COVID-19, Highest Increase in a Single Day
Florida recorded 10,109 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the highest single-day increase for the state. There are now more than 169,000 confirmed cases in Florida. An additional 68 deaths were reported Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths from COVID-19 to 3,718. Florida government Ron DeSantisRonald Dion DeSantis The …
Read More »Henry Ford Health study suggests benefit for hydroxychloroquine in coronavirus treatment (COVID-19)
DETROIT – A study of the Henry Ford health system suggests that there is a benefit for hydroxychloroquine in the treatment of coronavirus (COVID-19). These the results come later The Food and Drug Administration rescinded its authorization for the emergency use of hydroxychloroquine and the The World Health Organization stopped …
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