An outbreak of covid-19 cases has been reported at 15 fraternity houses at the University of Washington in Seattle, underscoring the risk that college students could face if they return to campus during the pandemic and fail to follow rules about wearing masks and social distancing.The Interfraternity Council, a student-led governing board for fraternities at…
Over the past month, the confirmed case count more than doubled – surpassing 9,600 total cases. PORTLAND, Ore. — It was early June when the mayor of Newport, a small city perched on Oregon's coast, received a phone call that he had been dreading. It was the county commissioner — two workers at a local…
A coronavirus face mask study details the differences between some of the most and least effective cloth face coverings that you can buy or make yourself. The study explains that any kind of face mask will ultimately work, reducing the spread of particles resulting from a cough or a sneeze. The coronavirus spreads with the…
Dietrich, like even the most circumspect observers of the 2020 campaign, does not predict that Biden will fall apart. But Democrats carry checklists in their minds of the universe of things that could alter the course of the campaign. Biden might say the wrong thing at a debate, or have an awkward moment in an…
The U.S. is sending two aircraft carriers into one of Asia’s hottest spots to deliver a pointed message to China that it doesn’t appreciate Beijing’s military ramp-up in the region. The USS Ronald Reagan and USS Nimitz are set to hold some of the U.S. Navy’s largest exercises in recent years in the South China…