BILLINGS Yellowstone County Health Officer John Felton urged everyone Thursday to do their part to slow the spread of Covid-19, which has hit Yellowstone County hard in recent weeks with 14 deaths and surging numbers of positive cases.At a news conference Thursday afternoon, Felton talked about the growing number of coronavirus cases and the directive…
Adm. Brett Giroir, assistant secretary of Health and Human Services, speaks about the coronavirus during a press briefing. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo The CDC is developing guidance that will recommend coronavirus patients no longer be retested to prove they have cleared the disease — a move that comes amid a nationwide testing crunch. “This is…
Entomologists say there is an uptick in 'kissing bug' populations this year, with over 300 in just one locationThe year of 2020 is definitely one for the books. From murder hornets to aggressive rats, there’s another insect that Texans specifically may need to be concerned about — the “kissing bug.”According to a report from AgriLife…
(Update: More details from Deschutes County Health Services) PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- COVID-19 has claimed two more lives in Oregon, raising the state’s death toll to 249, along with a record 437 new cases, including 34 in Central Oregon, the Oregon Health Authority reported Thursday. OHA reported 437 new confirmed and presumptive cases of COVID-19…
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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…