Health

Educators express legionella concerns on top of COVID-19 complicationsThe coronavirus (COVID-19) isn’t the only illness that educators and parents are worried about as students head back to school. The early and extended closure of school buildings has also heightened the risk of legionella.Legionella is the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, and it has been detected…

Johnny Lee Peoples, 67, and his wife Cathy Darlene Peoples, 65, passed away of COVID-19 on Sept. 2, according to their joint obituary A family in North Carolina is weathering two tragedies after a husband and wife died just minutes apart from each other following a month-long battle with the novel coronavirus. Johnny Lee Peoples,…

Dining out is one of the riskiest possible activities during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Thursday, citing the fact that masks are not used while people are eating and drinking.CDC officials interviewed about 314 people who experienced symptoms of the virus and…

Teachers in at least five states have died from COVID-19 since the fall semester started, The Washington Post reported Thursday. At least six teachers across Iowa, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma and South Carolina have died since early August as students return for the school year. It is unknown whether these teachers became infected at school, but several…

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s number of COVID-19 cases has increased by 346 from Wednesday, with three more deaths reported, according to the Utah Department of Health.The health department now estimates there are 8,044 active cases of COVID-19 in Utah. The rolling seven-day average number of positive cases per day is now at 381, according…