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State's COVID-19 rate high but health officials cautiously optimistic about downward trend - KOMO News

Life expectancy data underscore the importance of state policies.Share on PinterestResearch indicates that state laws and approaches have a bearing on average life expectancy. Image credit: BAY ISMOYO/AFP via Getty Images.“Americans die younger than people in other high-income countries,” says Prof. Jennifer Karas Montez, a sociologist at Syracuse University, in New York, and the lead…

In the battle for air supremacy, a bald eagle just proved that technology is no match for brute strength. The giant bird recently attacked a drone, destroying it and sending it to the bottom of Lake Michigan. A bald eagle in Michigan's Upper Peninsula "launched an airborne attack" on a drone operated by the state's…

The Big Ten’s decision to postpone fall sports with the possibility of moving the schedule to the spring put one of the country’s best quarterbacks on the sidelines.Ohio State’s Justin Fields will no longer be able to play because of the Big Ten’s decision to put the season on hold due to the coronavirus. The…

In the US, five states account for more than 40% of the country's nearly 5 million Covid-19 cases - CNN