At least 37,077 coronavirus cases were reported Thursday, exceeding a previous day’s high on April 24, according to Johns Hopkins University. The sudden increase in confirmed cases in the past few days is not a surprise, a health expert said. “All epidemiologists were saying, screaming as loud as we could …
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Hundreds of unemployed Kentucky residents wait outside the Kentucky Career Center for help with their unemployment claims late last week in Frankfort. John Sommers II / Getty Images Text size A downward trend in first-time unemployment insurance claims stagnated in the past week, showing how long it will take for …
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The Trump administration is moving forward with a policy that mandates US public schools to share coronavirus relief funds with private schools at a higher rate than is normally required by federal law. By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer June 25, 2020 6:29 PM 5 min read 5 min read …
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But the good news was tempered by the fact that black babies still have more than twice the risk of dying than white babies, experts said. Infant mortality rates decreased for all age groups, and changes in the age of women giving birth accounted for about a third of the …
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After Governor Roy Cooper issued a mandatory mask requirement in North Carolina on Wednesday amid growing COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state, several sheriffs publicly said they would not comply with the mandate when the Friday. The Sampson County Sheriff said the rule “is not only unconstitutional, but cannot …
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