Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta, who is reportedly on Joe Biden’s vice presidential short list, said on Monday that she had tested positive for coronavirus. “COVID-19 has literally hit home,” she wrote on Twitter. “I have had NO symptoms and have tested
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- More than 200 scientists around the world are putting pressure on the World Health Organization to recognize that COVID-19 can be airborne. "We are concerned that the lack of recognition of the risk of airborne transmission of COVID-19 and
(CNN) — Google Maps has launched new features to help users safely get around during the coronavirus pandemic. More than 11 million people worldwide have contracted the virus, according to Johns Hopkins University, and 500,000 have died. Countries and regions have implemented varying
Medics who came from other states to help New York as the coronavirus ravaged the city in March found themselves under constant GPS surveillance by the company they worked for — and even had their sex lives restricted by their employer, according to
BOSTON — An unspecified number of Red Sox players were unable to participate in the first day of the team's "summer training" Friday after testing positive for the coronavirus. Red Sox manager Ron Roenicke confirmed that some players had tested positive for COVID-19.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Every Fourth of July and the week leading up to it, Pyro Works puts on about 60 fireworks shows in and around Nashville. However, this year about half of the shows are canceled due to COVID-19, which has business
The county has brought back restrictions, compounding challenges for the region’s most vulnerable residents LA county broke records in recent days with worrying coronavirus outbreaks and fatality rates – the county reported three straight days of more than 2,100 new cases. Worried the
For months, the state was doing well. Cases were low and the economy had just reopened. Now, it's one of the most recent coronavirus hotspots in the United States, seeing upwards of 6,000 new cases every day and hospitals are reaching capacity. Why
Rushing to contain a coronavirus cluster tied to a big party in a New York City suburb, officials turned to an unusual legal strategy. On June 17, a crowd of up to 100 people, most of them in their early 20s, attended a
On June 29, UVT Inc. recalled Saniderm® Advanced Hand Sanitizer in 1-liter bottles because it may actually contain methanol (wood alcohol), a highly-poisonous chemical that can be absorbed through the skin. The product is labeled as “70% alcohol content” with Ethyl Alcohol as
How severe is the spread of COVID-19 in your community? If you're confused, you're not alone. Though state and local dashboards provide lots of numbers, from case counts to deaths, it's often unclear how to interpret them — and hard to compare them
The U.S. is "not in total control" of the coronavirus pandemic and daily new cases could surpass 100,000 new infections per day if the outbreak continues at its current pace, White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday. The country is now