PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- COVID-19 has claimed three more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 260, along with 436 new cases, 33 in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Sunday. OHA reported 436 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19 as of 12:01 a.m. Sunday, bringing the state total to 14,579…
The report found that the spread of COVID-19 continues to accelerate across most of Washington state as of the start of July. SEATTLE — On Friday, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) released its latest statewide coronavirus situation report, which painted an alarming picture of trends in transmissions and hospitalizations, particularly in eastern Washington. …
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The outbreak involves a call centre which carries out coronavirus contact tracing, the BBC understands A potential cluster of Covid-19 cases is being investigated in North Lanarkshire, health officials have confirmed. BBC Scotland understands the outbreak involves a call centre which carries out coronavirus contact tracing for the NHS.…
Before he was admitted to a Fort Bend County hospital, Alfonso Rodríguez Jr.’s dad had been complaining of an upset stomach for about a week. The 86-year-old went to the emergency room, describing bouts of diarrhea and constipation. He wondered: Could I have the virus? At the ER, the elder Alfonso Rodríguez was told he…
New York City’s Black Lives Matter mural outside Trump Tower was vandalized for the second time in 24 hours on Saturday, and the third time in the last week.Two women were arrested on Saturday afternoon after vandalizing the mural. The suspects, Edmee Chavannes, 39, and Bevelyn Beatty, 29, were taken into custody and charged with…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…