Health

As we celebrate Independence Day with friends and family, there are simple precautions all of us should take to keep coronavirus at bay.Dr. Janette Nesheiwat offered some "dos and don'ts" Saturday on  "Fox & Friends Weekend."DR. NESHEIWAT SAYS FOURTH OF JULY 'POTENTIAL PERFECT STORM' FOR CORONAVIRUS SPREAD"First and foremost, we want to make sure that if we're outdoors and we’re not able to…

Even with more than 500,000 dead worldwide, scientists are struggling to learn how often the virus kills. Here’s why.Gravediggers at the Vila Formosa Cemetery buried victims of Covid-19 in São Paulo last month. Despite the scale of the pandemic, researchers still are uncertain how lethal the coronavirus is. Credit...Victor Moriyama for The New York TimesJuly 4,…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the US's top infectious disease expert, said this week that the US is not headed in a positive direction when it comes to controlling the spread of the novel coronavirus."I think it's pretty obvious that we are not going in the right direction," Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy…

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting 150 new Coronavirus cases Saturday and no additional deaths. The county-wide total now stands at 3,430 since March 14. There are 3,263 confirmed cases and 167 probable cases. “Wearing masks, washing your hands and maintaining physical distance from others is absolutely essential to keep our…