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CLOSE COVID-19 widespread testing is crucial to fighting the pandemic, but is there enough testing? The answer is in the positivity rates. USA TODAYAfter U.S. health officials warned Americans to continue social distancing and wearing masks on Labor Day weekend, the United States may report its 190,000th death from the new coronavirus on Tuesday or Wednesday.In sports news, the American…

When I reopened my dental practice in early June, the tooth fractures started coming in: at least one a day, every single day that I’ve been in the office.Credit...Getty ImgesSept. 8, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET“How’s your dental practice?” a friend of mine asked, brow furrowed, concern evident on her face.I’ve seen this look a lot…

Patients hospitalized with a severe coronavirus infection still had lung damage and breathing problems weeks after leaving the hospital, according to a report on Sunday.Researchers in Austria released the preliminary results from a study that tracked 86 coronavirus patients after their release from a hospital following a severe coronavirus infection.It found that six weeks after being discharged,…

Jakarta, Indonesia - Medical experts have linked a surge in coronavirus cases on Bali to the inaccurate, low-cost rapid antibody test kits that are being used to screen domestic visitors to the Indonesian resort island. Foreign tourists were banned from entering Indonesia on April 2, and while a plan to reopen Bali to international travellers…

By Sultan Anshori and Orathai SiringBALI, Indonesia/BANGKOK (Reuters) - A spike in coronavirus infections in Indonesia's holiday island of Bali and Thailand's first locally transmitted case in 100 days have dealt further blows to Southeast Asian hopes of reviving vital tourism industries.Plans to reopen Bali to foreign tourists from September have been postponed indefinitely, while…