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Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich (left, with her camera pointed probably a bit too high) and Sheriff Billy Honsal. | Screenshots from Wednesday’s meeting.# # #Local officials say Humboldt County is adequately prepared to crack the door a bit wider in our “soft opening” of local businesses after nearly two months of shelter-in-place…

Easing coronavirus restrictions and reopening the economy too quickly could lead to a "vicious cycle" of economic and health disasters, the World Health Organization warned Wednesday."This is what we all fear, is a vicious cycle of public health disaster followed by economic disaster followed by public health disaster followed by economic disaster," Dr. Mike Ryan,…

Top Obama administration officials purportedly requested to "unmask" the identity of Michael Flynn during the presidential transition period, according to a list of names from that controversial process made public on Wednesday.The list was declassified in recent days by Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell and then sent to GOP Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson, who made…

Chinese officials are reportedly blocking efforts by international experts to study the origin of the coronavirus pandemic. The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday that investigators and researchers have been assisting Chinese officials as part of a World Health Organization (WHO) mission to search for the origin of COVID-19, only for Chinese officials to go silent and refuse…

A pharmacist gives Jennifer Haller a shot in the first-stage safety clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19 on March 16 at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. U.S. officials say they are already seeing efforts by foreign actors to steal information from U.S. firms working on a vaccine and treatments…