Coronavirus

While secondhand smoke likely doesn’t directly cause the coronavirus, smokers can exhale infected droplets into the air, experts say.“Not only are they potentially spreading virus by not wearing a mask, they are blowing those droplets to the people around them to potentially get infected,” Dr. Albert Rizzo, chief medical officer for the American Lung Association, told…

A recent survey identified dozens of potential long-term coronavirus symptoms that had previously been unreported, including hair loss.The study was conducted by a doctor at the Indiana University School of Medicine and the grassroots COVID-19 survivor group Survivor Corps using a Facebook poll. While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently identified only 17…

Coronavirus relief talks are set to resume Tuesday after "productive" efforts to strike a deal left Democrats and Republicans with outstanding sticking points. On Monday, President Donald Trump urged Americans to stay "vigilant" against the coronavirus as U.S. officials begin to see new "flare-ups," including in states like Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Missouri. Trump also presented a rushed…

11.11pm EDT 23:11 The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Germany increased by 879 to 211,281, data from the Robert Koch Institute for infectious diseases showed on Tuesday. The reported death toll rose by eight to 9,156, the tally showed. 10.58pm EDT 22:58 Hong Kong extends social distancing measures Helen Davidson I mentioned a few…

CHRISTINA: THANK YOU. TO THE LATEST ON CORONAVIRUS IN OUR STATE. MORE THAN 1000 NEW CASES IN LOUISIANA. THAT BRINGS OUR TOTAL TO 120,846 PEOPLE WHO TESTED POSITIVE. THERE ARE 17 MORE DEATHS, BRINGING THAT TOTAL TO 3910 PEOPLE. 1400 PATIENTS ARE BATTLING THE VIRUS AT THE HOSPITAL. 230 ARE ON VENTILATORS. Coronavirus in Louisiana:…