PORTLAND, Maine —Maine Medical Center has joined two worldwide clinical trials that are examining a drug that could be used to treat COVID-19, the hospital announced Tuesday. The drug, called remdesivir, could be used to treat patients with moderate or sever…
RPD says: Tough times to have a birthday... we heard someone was turning 8 and thought a quick little parade would help spread some birthday cheer. Redding Record Searchlight Editor's note: As of Monday evening, this story is no longer being updated. Please…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Five U.K. charities sent a letter to the government Monday raising the alarm that the country's care system for elderly people is being overwhelmed, arguing that car…
Sixty people have now died after testing positive for the novel coronavirus in Santa Clara County, according to data released by the county’s Public Health Department on Monday. The Public Health Department reported six new deaths and 45 new confirmed cases …
RPD says: Tough times to have a birthday... we heard someone was turning 8 and thought a quick little parade would help spread some birthday cheer. Redding Record Searchlight Editor's note: As of Monday evening, this story is no longer being updated. Please…
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have
A senior adviser at the Department of Health and Human Services spent this week posting three claims about food safety on X, each one preceded by a red exclamation point and the word FACT. As of Thursday, August 20, 2026, CDC counts 10,930 people sick in the federal Cyclospora outbreak, at least 454 of them hospitalized, two
Nurse Crystal Dhooghe is used to dealing with blood and broken bones in the emergency room. But she didn’t expect to witness so much violence against her own colleagues. “I’ve seen nurses get shoved, pushed, scratched. The biggest one is bitten,” said Dhooghe, who works at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan. The