Oregon Gov. Kate Brown is seen in an Oregonian/OregonLive file photo.Mark Graves/FileDaily coronavirus cases surged to record-breaking heights once again as the Oregon Health Authority on Thursday reported 389 new confirmed or presumed infections and 6 deaths.The record case count comes one week after state officials reported the previous high of 375, which was followed…
Coronavirus is spreading more rapidly throughout the U.S. Sun Belt than anywhere else in the world.Data compiled by the New York Times shows Arizona, Florida and South Carolina as the top three places with the most COVID-19 cases per million residents in the last seven days.Arizona clocked roughly 3,300, while Florida and South Carolina registered…
This pivotal moment in the coronavirus pandemic comes as scientists are still trying to understand precisely how the virus affects children and how children affect the spread of the virus. This dicey decision point has generated tension between President Trump and his own public health experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with…
Mississippi governor orders mask mandate for 13 countiesMississippi Gov. Tate Reeves ordered a mask mandate active in 13 counties for residents at public gatherings or in shopping spaces, according to the Clarion Ledger. The order also bans social gatherings of more than 10 people indoors and 20 people outdoors but does not require businesses to…
A small study strengthens evidence that a pregnant woman infected with the coronavirus might be able to spread it to her fetus.Researchers from Italy said Thursday that they studied 31 women with COVID-19 who delivered babies in March and April. They found signs of the virus in several samples of umbilical cord blood, the placenta…
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…