LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - The Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department notified two local bars and the Railyard commons area on Saturday that they were not allowed to operate for 24 hours because their violations of the latest Directed Health Measure “presented a risk to public health and contribute to the community spread of COVID-19.”   LLCHD has…

July 25, 2020 3:07 PM Sasha VanAllen Posted: July 25, 2020 3:07 PM Updated: July 25, 2020 4:24 PM MADISON, Wis. — The number of confirmed cases in Wisconsin has slightly decreased since Friday, according to the Department of Health Services. Out of the 14, 201 people who were tested, 953* of those tests came…

At least 20 lifeguards on Long Beach Island (LBI), N.J., tested positive for the coronavirus after attending a party together, according to health officials. Jonathan Oldham, the mayor of LBI township Harvey Cedars, said the borough clerk was informed of the coronavirus outbreak on Thursday by the LBI Health Department's director, according to NJ.com. "I just heard that they…

Oregon has now reported 16,492 total cases and 286 deaths. The Oregon Health Authority reported 408 new confirmed and presumptive coronavirus cases Saturday.Four deaths were also reported Saturday following a record nine deaths reported Friday.This is less than the record 437 cases announced July 16.Where the new cases are by county: Baker (2), Benton (1),…

(Newser) – Those Vikings just keep making history. Not only did they settle North America and have female warriors, they apparently suffered from an early kind of smallpox—the disease the killed off hundreds of millions of people in the 20th century, the New York Times reports. The now-extinct strain turned up in the teeth of…