Although the novel coronavirus pandemic still defies prediction, medical experts are expressing increasing optimism about the human immune system’s ability to fight the virus.Doomsday headlines followed a recent study of recovered COVID-19 patients reporting that antibodies, the hallmark of the immune system responding to an infection, may only last a few months. But in the…
MADISON, Wis. (WBAY) - For the third time in four days, Wisconsin identified more than 1,000 new coronavirus patients. But a record day for test results brought down the percentage of positive tests -- a key indicator for how the state’s containing the virus.The Department of Health Services received 17,456 test results in the 24-hour…
A Los Angeles police officer died from complications of coronavirus on Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department told Fox News.A department spokesperson declined to provide the officer's name or title. The COVID-19 death marks the first of a sworn officer in the police force and the second department employee.Earlier this month, LAPD senior detention officer…
California reached another bleak coronavirus milestone this week, recording more than 150 daily deaths in the worst fatality numbers since the pandemic began.But just as troubling, health officials and experts say, is how COVID-19 is stalking certain groups, such as essential workers, and those in institutions including nursing homes and prisons, at much greater rates…
South Carolina coronavirus update from DHEC for July 24, 2020 The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control announced Friday 1,921 new confirmed cases and eight new probable cases of coronavirus, 46 additional confirmed deaths and seven new probable deaths.This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 78,298, probable cases to 309, confirmed…