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The Riveras waited for that phone call. And waited. And waited. But the call never came. "I was shocked," said Rivera, a nurse who has since recovered from her bout with the virus. Despite claims that Florida traces every case of Covid-19, a CNN investigation found that health authorities in Florida, now the nation's No. 1 hotspot for the virus, often fail to do contact tracing, long considered a key tool in containing an outbreak. Florida set a record for most coronavirus cases in the US in a single day on Saturday, with a total of 11,458, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, and on Sunday, the state surpassed 200,000 Covid-19 cases. Florida's contact tracing challenges are indicative of how hard it is for states hard hit by Covid-19 to do proper contact tracin...

Health officials issue warning after Florida resident is infected with a rare and usually deadly brain-eating amoeba According to the statement from the Department of Health in Florida, the patient contracted Naegleria fowleri in Hillsborough County The amoeba can cause a rare infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) that destroys brain tissue and is usually fatal   The amoeba is found in warm freshwater such as lakes, rivers, ponds and canals Infections can happen when contaminated water enters body through the nose By Valerie Edwards For Dailymail.com Published: 20:43 EDT, 5 July 2020 | Updated: 21:03 EDT, 5 July 2020 Florida health officials have revealed that a person has been infected with a rare and usually deadly brain-...

San Antonio Fire Department's Mobile Integrated Health program personnel packaged a swab at a COVID walk-up testing site at Burbank High School, Friday, June 19, 2020. The MIH team joined with San Antonio Metro Health to condu...

Stocks in Asia Pacific were higher in Monday morning trade, with stocks in mainland China leading gains regionally. The Shanghai composite soared 3.97% in morning trade while the Shenzhen component rose 2.949%. The Shenzhen composite also jumped 2.781%  Amber Hill Capital's Jackson Wong told CNBC in an email that "bull sentiment" in mainland Chinese shares was "driving the markets." Wong, who is an asset management director at the firm, said the "sudden surge" in trading volume as well as a break out for the Shanghai composite last week raised investor expectations that "another bull run is coming." Some of the reasons he suggested for the uptick in sentiment included the country currently being less affected by the coronavirus outbreak. Meanwhile, Hong Kong's Hang Seng in...

NEW YORK — After more than three months of shutdowns, mandatory quarantines, self-imposed exile from society and working from home, nature-lovers looking for a well-earned breath of fresh air could face a possible collision course between coronavirus and tick-borne illnesses this summer. A "perfect storm," warns Eva Sapi, a University of New Haven biology professor and group director for the Lyme Disease Research Group. Noting the mild winter on the East Coast, Sapi says, "We do have a bad year for the ticks." Hikers, campers and anyone else eager for an escape could "just explode into the outdoors. And there may not be the same thoughtful approach" to preventing exposure, explains Dr. Sorana Segal-Maurer, director of the Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases at NewYork-...

Marin County officials will suspend indoor dining for at least three weeks amid an influx in new coronavirus infections, reversing course one week after giving restaurants the green light to serve customers inside. The decision, effective at midnight Monday, comes days after the state added Marin County to its watch list, which closely tracks counties struggling to clamp down on a surge in cases and hospitalizations. The county’s decision was based on a lack of improvement in case counts, officials said in a release Sunday. Marin had 2,861 total coronavirus cases and 21 deaths as of Sunday af...