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A nursing home in northern Illinois has become one of the latest US care facilities to report a deadly outbreak of COVID-19.  Twenty-two residents and one staff member at the Symphony of Joliet have died after testing positive for coronavirus, a spokeswoman for the facility announced Wednesday. More than 4,810 deaths have been linked to coronavirus outbreaks…

KOB Web Staff Updated: April 16, 2020 05:29 PM Created: April 16, 2020 04:13 PM ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reported 8 additional COVID-19-related deaths in the state on Thursday. The latest deaths include: A female in her 80s from Bernalillo County. The individual had underlying medical conditions. The individual was…

Responding to concerns over the repeat use of disposable respirators, Maplewood manufacturer 3M Co. said it may be acceptable to use vaporized hydrogen peroxide systems to decontaminate used N95 masks during a crisis like the COVID-19 outbreak. Some Twin Cities hospitals are using ultraviolet light to decontaminate used respirators, which 3M testing has initially found…

The five-column headline that greeted readers of The Atlanta Constitution roughly a century ago is an eerie reminder of the parallels between the coronavirus and another debilitating pandemic that swept across the state. “Public gathering places closed by city council for two months,” announced the front page of the Oct. 8, 1918 edition. “Unless otherwise…

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