Guilford County courthouses closing after multiple employees test positive for COVID-19 Hide Transcript Show Transcript WE’RE LEARNING MORE TONIGHT ABOUT THE STATE OF COVID-19 IN FORSYTH COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH DIRECTOR. JOSHUA’S SWIFT SPOKE WITH THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON AND JUST WRAPPED UP A CALL WITH REPORTERS AS WELL. HE SAID SEVERAL TIMES THAT…

Home News (Image: © Shutterstock) Legionnaires' disease could potentially spread through toilet flushing, which releases invisible "plumes" of contaminated water into the air, according to a new report.The report, published Wednesday (June 10) in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases, describes the cases of two patients at a hospital in France who likely contracted Legionnaires' disease…

Kern County is no longer meeting state thresholds for managing COVID-19 transmission as of Thursday morning and is now one of 11 counties on a state watchlist. "Kern County is experiencing elevated disease transmission and increasing hospitalization," says an entry for Kern County on the California Department of Public Health's "targeted engagement" list.The website says drivers…

Server Gabby Fasoline serves customers at a table at Kona Grill in Boca Park Fashion Village as some businesses that were closed seven weeks ago to fight the spread of the coronavirus are allowed to reopen on May 9, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Ethan Miller | Getty ImagesStates are rolling back lockdowns, but the coronavirus…

The challenge of having an election during a pandemic — and the resulting partisan division over how to do it — poses particular problems for Democrats, however, because of issues of geography and race. Coronavirus spreads more easily in densely populated urban areas — where Democrats tend to outnumber Republicans — and has proved to…