Coronavirus

Alexander Panis, nurse practitioner at St. John's Well Child and Family Center, prepares a COVID-19 test on Thursday, June 25, 2020, in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles. Alexander Panis, nurse practitioner at St. John's Well Child and Family Center, prepares a COVID-19 test on Thursday, June 25, 2020, in the Wilmington area of Los…

Cone-style well fitting masks and home-made coverings made from multiple fabric layers are the best designs for stopping the spread of coronavirus, study shows.Researchers from Florida Atlantic University examined different materials and designs to find the best option for slowing the spread of virus carrying droplets.These droplets are expelled when someone with COVID-19 coughs or sneezes…

More than half of people with COVID-19 have no idea how or where they got infected – underscoring the need for social distancing, more widespread use of masks and better contact tracing, especially at work. That is the conclusion of a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control, released Tuesday, of 350 patients in…

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top-ranking infectious disease doctor from the National Institutes of Health, said the U.S. is now recording about 40,000 new cases a day of the new coronavirus, and that “it could go up to 100,000 a day” if people continue to flout advice on social distancing and face masks. “It could get…

EAST LANSING, MI – Positive COVID-19 coronavirus cases traced to an East Lansing bar have climbed to 107 a week after health officials warned the public about possible exposure.The outbreak has prompted the Ingham County Health Department to issue an emergency order to reduce restaurant capacity to 50% or no more than 75 people, whichever…