by Jim Heath | Aug 29, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The University of Alabama has had more than 1,200 students and 166 employees and staffers test positive for coronavirus as of today, while professors have revealed they were instructed not to tell students about outbreaks among their classmates. Since launching a...
by Jim Heath | Aug 23, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Trump
On the eve of the Republican National Convention where President Trump hopes to revive his flagging political fortunes, he has announced the emergency authorization of convalescent plasma for COVID-19. Many scientists and physicians believe that convalescent plasma...
by Jim Heath | Aug 22, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
Coronavirus cases reported in Minnesota and Nebraska have been linked to people who attended the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota, which ended last week. According to the Star Tribune, the Minnesota Department of Health reported 15 cases linked to people who...
by Jim Heath | Aug 17, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
The United States surpassed 170,000 coronavirus deaths on Sunday, according to a tally kept by Johns Hopkins University as health officials express concerns over COVID-19 complicating the fall flu season. Deaths rose by 483 on Sunday, with Florida, Texas and...
by Jim Heath | Aug 15, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health, Trump
President Trump today said he disagreed with an assessment from the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that the United States could face the “worst fall” from a public health perspective if Americans do not follow guidelines to ease the...
by Jim Heath | Aug 12, 2020 | coronavirus, Headlines, Health
An Arizona man was seen being carried out of a store apparently by his son as he went on a rant against mask-wearing in footage that has racked up millions of views on social media. The footage, which was posted to Twitter on Monday and has since fetched over 6...