Coronavirus

The White House said Monday that an alarming spike in COVID-19 cases across the South and West does not amount to a second wave in the pandemic, and it pointed to a declining death rate and nationwide trend that is heading in “the right direction.” Even as cases surged in Arizona, Florida and Texas, where…

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Fears are growing about the potential for a "second wave" of COVID-19, with some countries seeing a surge in new infections. As Redmond Shannon explains, the World Health Organization has just reported the worst single-day spike of new cases worldwide since the outbreak began. Jennifer Johnson looks at how the White House is getting ready…

Although the flu and coronavirus have some overlapping symptoms, the coronavirus' death rate in the US is far higher. On average in the US, the flu's death rate is .1%, while the coronavirus' death rate is 4.9%.Both viruses are most deadly for the elderly. The flu kills .83% of infected people above age 65, whereas the…

A majority of coronavirus infections from Multnomah County’s record-breaking week reportedly spread among friends and family, prompting county health officials Monday to encourage the use of face coverings in social settings.Infections within immigrant and refugee communities drove some portion of the spike, officials said.But county officials declined to quantify how many of the nearly 300…