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USC is dealing with an outbreak of the coronavirus spread across the university’s Greek row. The school has detected around 40 positive COVID-19 cases involving individuals living on 28th Street, where many fraternity groups associated with the university are based, chief student health officer Sarah Van Orman said. “A significant number of the cases were associated with four fraternity houses,” Van Orman said. To date, around 150 USC students and employees have tested positive. USC and other universities have adapted to the coronavirus in an effort to keep students, staff and local communities safe during the pandemic. Many schools, including UCLA and USC, have moved the vast majority of fall semester classes online and canceled events, limited the availability of...

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Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: Three new cases of COVID-19 were reported today. The total number of county residents confirmed to have contracted the virus is 231. Of these three cases, two people contracted the virus through contact with a known case, and the means of transmission for the third case is under investigation. A total of 14 cases remain under investigation. Humboldt County Health Officer Dr. Teresa Frankovich noted that since the beginning of the pandemic, the county has experienced waves of new cases, followed by relative quiet periods in detected virus transmission. “The epidemiological curve on the data dashboard shows the current wave has been ongoing for more than a month,” Dr. Frankovich said. “This increase in local diseas...

Signs at a protest in front of the Humboldt County Courthouse in early May argued against complying with government orders and expressed hostility to the head of the Public Health Department. [Crop of a photo by Mark McKenna] . The strain of COVID-19 infection that ultimately killed four residents at Alder Bay Assisted Living reportedly started with a methamphetamine dealer who dismissed public health’s advice and refused to isolate himself, Humboldt County Public Health Nurse Erica Dykehouse reportedly told famed author Michael Lewis, who was penning a column for Bloomberg. Lewis’ column, “Confessions of a California COVID Nurse,” focuses on Dykehouse’s contact tracing investigations, in which she works backward from a positive COVID-19 test, trying to find everyone the new positive ...

Infected children younger than age 5 may carry up to 100 times as much of the coronavirus in their noses and throats as adults — while older children carry at least as much as grown-ups, according to new research. That’s despite showing mild symptoms, the study, published Thursday in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, found. Scientists looked at swab samples from 95 children, most of whom reported a low-grade fever or cough, in the Chicago area. The study does not prove that infected children are contagious, however, the authors believe it should be considered in the debate over reopening schools. “The school situation is so complicated — there are many nuances beyond just the scientific one,” Dr. Taylor Heald-Sargent, an infectious diseases expert at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie C...