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Posted: Thu 12:34 PM, Jul 02, 2020 &nbsp|&nbsp Updated: Thu 4:07 PM, Jul 02, 2020 NEAR BRANSON, MO. -- Silver Dollar City reports employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the park reopened on June 13. The Stone County Health Department confirms that six employees at Silver Dollar City have tested positive for COVID-19. The…

Brett McGinness, Reno Gazette Journal Published 6:00 a.m. PT July 2, 2020 | Updated 12:00 p.m. PT July 2, 2020CLOSEThis is a breaking news story and will be updated throughout the day Thursday, July 2. This story is part of the Reno Gazette Journal’s essential COVID-19 coverage and is being provided for free. Please consider subscribing to…

Justin Paget | Getty ImagesChildren diagnosed with Covid-19 pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome, or PMIS, may develop new neurological problems without any of the respiratory issues commonly associated with the virus, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Researchers examined 27 children with Covid-19 PMIS, who were previously healthy, between March 1…

A new coronavirus prevalence study by Ochsner Medical Center yielded surprising results. The results were released Thursday. Key findings showed that younger patients were more likely to show symptoms while they were infectious, while the oldest volunteers had a much higher rate of asymptomatic cases spreading the virus. Researchers said that finding is opposite of…

A Henry Ford Health System study shows the controversial anti-malaria drug hydroxychloroquine helps lower the death rate of COVID-19 patients, the Detroit-based health system said Thursday.Officials with the Michigan health system said the study found the drug “significantly” decreased the death rate of patients involved in the analysis.The study analyzed 2,541 patients hospitalized among the system’s six hospitals…