Minnesota health officials have changed the report card by which they grade the state's response to COVID-19 — adding a goal of reducing the number of new cases reported each day from 435 over the past week to about 283. The ambitious target comes as other states report rising COVID-19 case counts, and Minnesota risks…
Cheri Carlson, Ventura County Star Published 10:40 a.m. PT July 6, 2020 | Updated 3:29 p.m. PT July 6, 2020CLOSE NASCAR driver Jimmie Johnson discusses testing positive for COVID-19. Indianapolis StarEditor's note: The Star is making this story free to readers due to public health concerns related to coronavirus. Please consider a digital subscription to The Star so we…
After not reporting new cases or deaths for most of the July 4th holiday weekend, Tarrant County Public Health reports 820 new COVID-19 cases Monday along with two deaths and 569 recoveries. "Remember, those numbers represent three days because you know our folks have been working around the clock, and after talking to the administrator…
Los Angeles County Director of Public Health Barbara Ferrer reported 1,584 new coronavirus cases on Monday. She indicated that Monday numbers are usually lower due to a lag in testing. On Friday, Los Angeles County’s new daily coronavirus cases crossed the 3,000 mark, with a record 3,187 reported. Over the weekend, L.A.’s largest COVID testing…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…