Des Moines Public Schools custodian Cynthia Adams cleans a desk in a classroom at Brubaker Elementary School, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. As the Trump administration pushes…
Doris Kelly, 57, sits in her home on Monday, June 29, 2020 in Ruffs Dale, Pa. Kelly was one of the first patients in a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center…
Injection booths at a facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. According to research published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, a safe haven in…
In a letter published this week in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, two scientists from Australia and the U.S. wrote that studies have shown “beyond any reasonable doubt that viruses…
Demonstrators gather near the White House in Washington on June 6 to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Public health…
A volunteer receives a COVID-19 test vaccine injection June 24 developed at the University of Oxford in Britain, at the Chris Hani Baragwanath hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa. People…
On Thursday, June 25, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its list of which Americans are at higher risk for severe cases of COVID-19, adding pregnant women…
Medicare recipients used remote technology 11,718% more in first 1½ month of pandemic
People sit outdoors to watch a movie June 18 as part of a program offered by the Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium during the coronavirus pandemic in Miami Gardens,…
Dr. Terri Tiersky poses for a portrait in full personal protective equipment, double mask, face shield, gown and gloves, at her dentist office in Skokie, Ill., on Friday, June 12,…
Agents Amanda Toma and Ashley Brodeur work with customers outside in the parking lot of cannabis purveyor Berkshire Roots in Pittsfield, Mass. Laws legalizing recreational marijuana may lead to more…
A fence outside Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery is adorned with tributes to victims of COVID-19 in New York. The memorial is part of the Naming the Lost project which attempts to…
A health worker draws blood for COVID-19 antibody testing in Dearborn, Mich. A genetic analysis of COVID-19 patients published Wednesday, June 17, 2020, in the New England Journal of Medicine…
Signs remind patrons to wear masks and other protocols because of the coronavirus pandemic as they stroll through the Disney Springs shopping, dining and entertainment complex in Lake Buena Vista,…
Medical workers attend to a COVID-19 patient in an intensive care unit June 14 at a hospital in Sanaa, Yemen. Researchers in England say they have the first evidence that…
Award helps state meet goal of cutting waste by 28%
Andrea Castaneda cleans the railings at Universal CityWalk on Thursday near Universal City, Calif. On Friday, June 12, 2020, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention posted guidelines to reduce…
Tribe offers free tests for up to 2,000 people
A protester tries to talk the police back amid tear gas May 31 in downtown Atlanta, as protests continued across the country over the death of George Floyd, a black…
An arrangement of hydroxychloroquine pills. On Friday, June 5, 2020, leaders of a large study in the United Kingdom that is rigorously testing the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine and other medicines…
Pandemic exacerbates anxiety, depression, grief
Researchers concluded single-layer cloth masks are less effective than surgical masks, while tight-fitting N95 masks provide the best protection. A distance of more than 3 feet between people lowers the…
Protesters demonstrate May 30 in Salt Lake City. Protests in Salt Lake City that drew several thousand people are a setback for contact tracers already struggling to contain the spread…
The first patient enrolled in Pfizer’s COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine clinical trial at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore, receives an injection May 4. Only about half of…
Darlene Gildersleeve thought she had recovered from COVID-19. Doctors said she just needed rest. And for several days, no one suspected her worsening symptoms were related – until a May…
A chemist holds a pack of hydroxychloroquine tablets in Mumbai, India. A Friday, May 22, 2029 report in the journal Lancet shows malaria drugs pushed by U.S. President Donald Trump…
As with other recently released guidance, religious organizations were not included. Instead, the document has advice for child care facilities, schools, day camps, mass transit systems, restaurants, bars and other…
The decline is the latest sign of a prolonged national “baby bust” that’s been going on for more than a decade. And some experts believe the coronavirus pandemic and its…
Neal Browning receives a shot March 16 in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser…
This April 3, 2020 photo provided by Northwestern University shows discoloration on a teenage patient’s toes at the onset of the condition informally called “COVID toes.” The red, sore and…
