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Last Updated Apr 16, 2020 9:29 PM EDT Researchers in at least four countries are testing whether the century-old vaccine for tuberculosis can lessen the severity of some COVID-19 cases. The vaccine has been around for over a century but researchers argue it might boost the body's ability to fight off the infection before it…

CLOSEMilwaukee officials signaled strong support for the extension of the governor's stay-at-home order Thursday, as the number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose to more than 2,000 in the county and the death toll surpassed 100. "We can never let these numbers become an abstraction," Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele said. "These are people and lives." Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett, Glendale…

Read the latest news on coronavirus in Delaware. More Info SMYRNA (April 16, 2020) – The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing six additional fatalities related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is providing an update on the number of positive cases and recovered individuals. Due to system processing delays, today’s positive case total may…

At least 374 people have died from complications of the novel coronavirus in Colorado as total cases topped 8,600 on Thursday, state health officials said. Nearly 1,700 people have been hospitalized with COVID-19, the highly infectious respiratory illness, since the outbreak began last month, but only 859 people were in Colorado hospitals with symptoms of…

number of people in Michigan with the coronavirus rose 4% to 29,263, the state said Thursday, although many of them have long recovered. Deaths from COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the virus, increased by 172, or 9%, to 2,093. The state noted that 65 of those deaths could have occurred days or weeks ago.…