Month: August 2020

As summer winds down, parents are facing down the start of the school year—and looking to authorities to help determine if it's safe to send students back for in-person learning. On Friday, the Centers of Disease Control revised its guidelines to put an emphasis on the importance of face-to-face instruction. "We owe it to our nation's children to take personal responsibility to do everything we can to lower the level of Covid-19, so that we can all get back to school safely," CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield said Friday. Read on for a summary of his changes, and to keep yourself and others safe during this pandemic no matter where you live, don't miss this essential list of the Sure Signs You've Already Had Coronavirus. "The new guidelines address how schools can work with public healt...

AP August 23, 2020 | 7:35 AM MAINE (AP) – More cases of COVID-19 have been linked to a Maine wedding reception that violated attendance limits. Maine state health officials said Saturday that so far, 53 cases of the virus have been traced back to the Aug. 7 reception in Millinocket. One person has died, according to a local hospital. The reception at the Big Moose Inn exceeded the state’s indoor gathering limit, among other violations of state rules. The outbreak affected individuals from 4 to 78 years old, officials said. About 65 people — more than the limit of 50 — attended the reception. A representative for the Big Moose Inn has declined to comment. One person whose infection has been linked to the reception died Friday afternoon at Millinocket Regional Ho...

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s coronavirus caseload topped 3 million on Sunday, with the country leading the world in new infections as the disease marched through impoverished rural areas in the north and the wealthier but older populations of the south. Health authorities reported 69,239 new cases and 912 deaths, bringing the total to 3,044,940. Cases have leveled off in India’s two largest cities, with serological surveys showing widespread prevalence among the residents of the capital, New Delhi, and financial center Mumbai. New hot spots continue to feed surges in cases in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar states in India’s north, and in the southern states of Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. India has the third-highest caseload after the United States and Brazi...

The U.S. could save nearly 70,000 lives by December if the country implements universal mask mandates, according to a projection by the University of Washington's Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). Researchers from the institute also found that an estimated 134,000 people could die in the U.S. from COVID-19 by December if the country takes no further safety measures. That number, they said, could worsen if mandates are relaxed. The U.S. has reported 5.6 million cases and more than 176,000 people have died from the virus as of Saturday night, according to a count by Johns Hopkins University. IHME that if the U.S. keeps mandates as-is, the death rates would dip in September then rise later in the fall, and the total would reach about 310,000 by Dec. 1. Howev...

"My son's sudden death is just so unbelievable. I'm just numb. He had so many dreams and plans with his wife and daughter," said Claudette Lovett-Carson. HAZELWOOD, Mo. — On February 9, Dwontreze  Lovett and his beaming bride, Tia,  were ecstatic to celebrate their wedding day. "He was so excited. You could just feel so much love. They were so happy. They had planned on getting a house together, just so many dreams," said Lovett's proud mom, Claudette Lovett-Carson. However, just three months later, the newlyweds would face something they weren't prepared for. ...

Universities in at least 15 states have reported outbreaks, some tied to large group gatherings. Following what the dean of students and head of public safety called "incredibly reckless behavior," 23 Syracuse University students were suspended Thursday after gathering on the campus quad at night. The next day, citing "a rapidly escalating increase" in the percentage of people testing positive for the virus, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced that testing would be implemented for three residence halls. Meanwhile, at least 26 cases of coronavirus in three states are being linked to the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, which drew thousands of people to South Dakota earlier this month. And an individual who tested positive for the virus after a Maine wedding reception has die...