September 5, 2020 | 10:01am | Updated September 5, 2020 | 10:03am Enlarge Image The Big Moose Inn Linda Coan O'Kresik/The Bangor Daily News via AP Three people have died of COVID-19 and 147 are infected as a result of an outbreak stemming from an indoor wedding and reception last month in Maine. Although the…
Two New Jersey residents have been infected this month with West Nile virus -- the first two cases of the mosquito-spread disease this year, health officials announced Friday.The first reported case was an Essex County man in his forties earlier this month and the second, more recent case involved a man in his seventies from…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday evening said it has updated its guidance on coronavirus-related isolation, which reflects the latest science showing that people can continue to test positive for COVID-19 for up to three months after diagnosis while being non-infectious. But, the CDC also warned, that does not mean those…
A coronavirus outbreak at a Georgia sleepaway camp in June infected hundreds with the coronavirus, renewing fears about children contracting the disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.YMCA Camp High Harbour at Lake Burton required certain preventative measures-- including masks for counselors-- but was forced to close just days after reopening due to the outbreak, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Out…
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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…