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Take the New York metropolitan area’s progress against the coronavirus out of the equation and the numbers show the rest of the U.S. is moving in the wrong direction, with the known infection rate rising even as states move to lift their lockdowns, an Associated Press analysis found today. New confirmed infections per day in…

New research has found a link between blood infections due to anaerobic bacteria and colorectal cancer. This finding may help with future cancer screenings.A recent study has concluded that anaerobic bacterial blood infections are associated with an increased risk of developing colorectal cancer.The study, which the researchers will present at the 2020 European Congress of…

Over the weekend, 54 Marion County residents tested positive for COVID-19, the highest three-day increase since testing began. The rise isn't explained by more testing taking place, outbreaks in local nursing homes or any other single cause. The Marion County Health and Human Services headquarters in Salem (Rachel Alexander/Salem Reporter)NOTE: Salem Reporter is providing free…

One worker at a Central Valley Safeway distribution center has died of complications related to the coronavirus, and 51 others have been infected, officials said this week.Andrew Whelan — a spokesman for Albertsons Cos., which owns Safeway — said 3% of the roughly 1,700 workers at the Tracy facility in San Joaquin County had tested…