13 cases identified at Lee's Summit Pointe Health and Rehabilitation Jackson County health officials identify third facility with outbreak 13 cases identified at Lee's Summit Pointe Health and Rehabilitation The Jackson County Health Department noted on its website that there has been an outbreak of COVID-19 at Lee's Summit Pointe Health and Rehabilitation.There are 13…
In a continuing bid to stymie the spread of the coronavirus, Los Angeles County residents must cover their faces whenever they go outside, a top health official said Thursday. “Masks are, in fact, mandatory across the entire county when you’re outside of your home, not with members of your household and in any kind of…
Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich (left, with her camera pointed probably a bit too high) and Sheriff Billy Honsal. | Screenshots from Wednesday’s meeting.# # #Local officials say Humboldt County is adequately prepared to crack the door a bit wider in our “soft opening” of local businesses after nearly two months of shelter-in-place…
Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer started her daily COVID news conference on Wednesday by apologizing — for a second time — for remarks she made on Tuesday that caused a public furor. She apologized “for the confusion I created yesterday when I indicated that we needed to continue with the health…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. An Illinois county is declaring itself “back open for business” on Wednesday after officials voted in favor of beginning its own economic recovery plan as opposed to the one laid out by the state.The move by Madison County – which is just outside of St.…
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…