IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) – The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more serious than previously known, with more than twice as many workers infected as the state Department of Public Health. he told the public, recently released records show. . The department announced at …
Read More »US labs bend amid augmentation tests; global virus cases exceed 15 million
WASHINGTON (AP) – US labs are undergoing a plethora of coronavirus tests, creating processing delays that experts say are undermining the response to the pandemic. With the US infection count of 3.9 million on Wednesday and new cases on the rise, bottlenecks are creating problems for workers who are out …
Read More »US labs bend amid augmentation tests; global virus cases exceed 15 million
WASHINGTON (AP) – US labs are undergoing a plethora of coronavirus tests, creating processing delays that experts say are undermining the response to the pandemic. With the US infection count of 3.9 million on Wednesday and new cases on the rise, bottlenecks are creating problems for workers who are out …
Read More »Alex Trebek hopes to mark 2 years of cancer survival in 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Alex Trebek says he is responding exceptionally well to pancreatic cancer treatment and hopes to mark his two-year survival next February. Your doctor has said you have that milestone, the “Danger!” The host said, “So I hope I’m close because he said I’ll be close.” And …
Read More »First COVID-19, now mosquitoes: booster for insect-borne diseases
Sophia Garabedian had been dealing with a persistent fever and a painful headache when her parents found her numb in her bed one morning last fall. Doctors finally diagnosed Sudbury, Massachusetts, 5, a resident with eastern equine encephalitis, a rare but severe mosquito-borne virus that causes brain inflammation. Garabedian survived …
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