A squirrel found in a Colorado town tested positive for bubonic plague, county health officials said. Jefferson County health officials said in a statement Sunday that a squirrel found in the town of Morrison, which is just west of Denver, tested positive for the bubonic plague on Saturday. Health officials warned that the bubonic plague can be contracted…
Maine CDC reports no new coronavirus deaths, 8 new cases, 54 new recoveries The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported no new coronavirus-related deaths and 8 new cases on Tuesday.The number of Mainers with COVID-19 who have died remains at 114.The 8 new cases brings the total in Maine to 3,566.A total of…
“Yet another terrible disease is about to yield to patience, persistence and outright genius,” Heckler said.Those decades of research into HIV have taught scientists an enormous amount about the immune system, honed vaccine technologies now being repurposed against the coronavirus and created a worldwide infrastructure of clinical trial networks that can be pivoted from HIV…
Doctors in France have reported what they say is the first confirmed case of an unborn baby contracting COVID-19 from their mother while still in the womb.The case was published Tuesday in the journal Nature Communications.The authors said the baby's brain bore evidence of inflammation caused by the coronavirus. They also said they found sufficient…
(CNN)With more than 2,000 patients hospitalized and hundreds in ICUs,"Miami is now the epicenter of the pandemic," one infectious disease expert said, comparing theSouth Florida metropolitan area to …