With a minor heatwave expected to hit the area over the long Memorial Day Weekend, L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer sought to remind residents that restrictions are still in place. “We’re gonna approach a holiday weekend, and I want to encourage everyone to take some time and celebrate safely,” said Dr. Ferrer. “Many…
Posted: Sat 7:33 PM, May 16, 2020 PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) Health officials in New York's North Country say several recent parties are to blame for new cases of COVID-19. Nine new lab-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 in Clinton County are associated with several recent parties in Plattsburgh. All nine are isolating in their homes. None…
The coronavirus has prompted Democrats and Republicans to reconsider their summer gatherings. But even before that, a debate was playing out over whether they were a ritual from a time gone by.Donald J. Trump at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland in 2016. He has insisted the party will go ahead with this year’s event,…
CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C. (WTVD) -- At least 18 COVID-19 cases have been linked to four small gatherings in one North Carolina County.Though most of the gatherings had less than 10 people--and therefore were within the guidelines of Gov. Roy Cooper's stay-at-home order--health officials said they were big enough to start outbreaks of the virus.CORONAVIRUS MAP:…
TOPLINE Dr. Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus response coordinator, said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that the federal government is partnering with states and labs to double the capacity of COVID-19 testing across the nation, a promise that comes as governors across the country continue to criticize the federal government’s testing response and rebuke…
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…