President Donald Trump is pressing state and local officials to reopen schools this fall, despite coronavirus infections surging nationwide. While experts say there are significant social benefits to resuming in-person classes, they caution that schools will need to balance those against potential risks to provide a safe learning environment for students — as well as…
Sheriff Norman Chaffins said he believes his family contracted the virus during a trip to Wyoming and Montana at the end of June. LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Grayson County Sheriff Norman Chaffins has confirmed he and his family has tested positive for coronavirus. Chaffins shared his experience battling the virus in a lengthy Facebook post on Sunday.…
They brought him the money in a silver metal briefcase and placed it on a picnic table at Miramar Reservoir. Up came the lid: $100,000 in paper-strapped stacks of $50 bills.All those greenbacks beside all that blue water — no wonder Lenin Gutierrez’s eyes got big.“I [have] never seen anything like this except in the…
Doctors say employers should not use COVID-19 antibody tests to decide whether employees are safe to return to work, yet such testing is being promoted by lab companies and hospitals to businesses through “back to work” programs. The idea is tantalizing: If scientists knew a COVID-19 infection caused the body to produce antibodies that reliably…
New York City on Sunday reported zero new coronavirus deaths for the first time since early March, a milestone that comes as the virus spikes in other parts of the country.Preliminary health data from the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene showed that no one died from the coronavirus in New York City on…