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St. Louis County recorded its all-time high of new COVID-19 diagnoses on Friday with 73 people who have recently tested positive. Previously, the most cases the county recorded in a single day was 50, on Friday, Sept. 18. The uptick is unrelated to the new COVID-19 saliva testing site at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center,…

Famed comedian Chris Rock said that President Obama’s tenure was “progress for White people,” but not Black people.“Obama becoming the president, it’s progress for White people. It’s not progress for Black people,” Rock told The New York Times during a wide-ranging interview to promote his upcoming FX series “Fargo” that was published Wednesday.CHRIS ROCK RIPS PELOSI, DEMS: 'YOU LET…

Wearing eyeglasses daily may reduce the risk of contracting the novel coronavirus, a new study suggests. Researchers from China found that COVID-19 patients were five times less likely to have frames than the general population. The team, from The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, says they believe this is because ACE-2 receptors, which the virus latches…

A wildfire that was reported to have ignited in the Big Creek drainage in Sierra National Forest Friday evening has exploded to nearly 36,000 acres and trapped at least 150 people near a Fresno County reservoir. The Creek Fire — burning near Shaver Lake, Huntington Lake, and Big Creek — is 0% contained and tearing…

Dr. Farzad Mostashari presenting on syndromic surveillance.Farzad MostashariWhen researchers at Carnegie Mellon University had the idea to put together a survey asking the general public about their coronavirus symptoms, they knew they needed to collect millions of data points to learn anything meaningful.So they asked Facebook, which has a public team that specializes in using…