IOWA CITY, Iowa — The first confirmed coronavirus outbreak at an Iowa meatpacking plant was far more severe than previously known, with more than twice as many workers becoming infected than the state Department of Public Health told the public, newly released records show. The department announced at a May 5 news conference that 221…
The COVID-19 outbreak at a local seafood processing plant has expanded. Tests of more than 100 employees at Alaska Glacier Seafoods revealed that 26 more people have the virus, according to a City and Borough of Juneau press release. Nine employees of the plant tested positive last week. It’s not clear how many of the…
Skip to content Doctor in clinic (stock photo)(Cultura RM Exclusive / Sigrid Gombert / Getty Images) By: Franchesca Hackworth Updated: July 14, 2020 - 3:52 PM MIAMI COUNTY — Miami County Public Health announced that they are investigating an outbreak of Cyclosporiasis in the county. Cyclosporiasis is a gastrointestinal infection caused from ingesting foods containing…
The Marines reported 94 new cases on Okinawa, an island that had seen just 148 other infections. Local officials say the military is not doing enough.Marine Corps Air Station Futenma is among the American military installations in Okinawa, Japan, hardest hit by a new outbreak. Credit...Lauren DeCicca for The New York TimesJuly 13, 2020Updated 9:02 a.m.…
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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…