Alarmed by the rapid jump in the number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations over the past week, Seminole County officials on Monday issued an executive order that requires everyone to wear a mask when they are inside a business or attending any other public gathering indoors. Seminole’s order will take effect on Wednesday. People can…
BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WBAY) - Three female COVID-19 patients died over the weekend in Brown County as trends show a higher percentage of positive cases.The patients were identified as follows:Female, age 29, from 54301 Zip CodeFemale, age 63, from 54304 Zip CodeFemale, age 87, from 54304 Zip CodeIn total, 42 coronavirus patients have died in…
Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo will self-quarantine after a staff member in her office tested positive for COVID-19, she said Sunday. The announcement came as Vice President Mike Pence and other White House officials met with Gov. Greg Abbott in Dallas to talk about the surging infection rates across the state. COVID-19 hospitalizations in Texas…
Los Angeles County public health officials on Sunday reported 2,542 more cases of COVID-19 and 20 related deaths. It was the county’s second-highest daily total of new cases since the pandemic began.L.A. County has recorded a total of nearly 98,000 cases and more than 3,300 deaths, health officials said.The rise came as Gov. Gavin Newsom…
HOUSTON – Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo announced that she is self-quarantining after being potentially exposed to COVID-19 last week.The exposure came on Monday from a member of the Harris County Judge’s office, who tested positive and now is self-isolating.Hidalgo and staff who were potentially exposed will be tested and are self-quarantining for 14 days…
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…