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17 additional deaths in Northeast Florida counties makes 57 in last 6 daysCOVID-19 antibody tests now available in Jacksonville JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – With nine additional deaths -- a single-day high -- reported in Friday’s data from the Florida Department of Health, Jacksonville has now eclipsed 120 coronavirus-related deaths -- and nearly a quarter of those…
PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County saw a spike in COVID-19 cases with 198 new positive cases, 22 new hospitalizations, and 2 additional deaths reported Friday, according to the Allegheny County Health Department. The 22 new hospitalizations in the last 24 hours are the highest Allegheny County has seen since the pandemic began. Have questions about the…
STEVE: THE IOWA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION WANTS THE STATE TO CRACKDOWN ON ESTABLISHMENTS THAT DON’T FOLLOW COVID-19 DISTANCING RULES. KCCI’S CHRIS GOTHNER IS LIVE IN WEST DES MOINES TONIGHT WITH A NEW ENFORCEMENT PROPOSAL. CHRIS WELL STEVE THE HEAD OF THE : RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SPOKE HERE AT GILROY’S. IT’S RARE FOR SOMEONE IN HER POSITION TO…
A new study suggests that homemade face masks with two or three layers may be more effective in preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus compared with a single-layered face covering.Researchers in Australia performed a video study comparing the effectiveness of different layers of cloth masks to surgical masks in their ability to stop the transmission of droplets in…
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…