Reagents — substances used to carry out tests — and pipettes remain in short supply in many places, and the machines that run the tests are expensive and time-consuming to build.There are also limits on collection sites, exacerbated by rising summer temperatures. Staff at testing sites, standing outside in full-body protective gear, must rotate more…
San Luis Obispo County reported 44 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, bringing the county's total to 611 confirmed cases as of June 30.It's the county's largest single-day increase in cases since the pandemic began.Fourteen people are hospitalized, including six patients who are in the ICU.Another 140 people are recovering at home and 456 people…
By Gilbert Cordova & Cheyenne Mathews |  Posted: Mon 1:03 PM, Jun 29, 2020  |  Updated: Mon 4:18 PM, Jun 29, 2020 ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The State of Alaska has announced 25 new positive cases of COVID-19 in Alaska. There are 21 new resident cases and four new nonresident cases. The 21 new resident cases…
long-struggling Marshall County.The revelation about the teen on a ventilator in Huntsville indicates COVID-19 is not restricted to attacking the older population even as the average age of a COVID hospital patient is in the mid-50s, Spillers said.“Young people are not immune,” Spillers said. “This is the first teenager we’ve had in ICU, the youngest…
The continued wave of coronavirus People who went to a bar in Michigan at any point during a recent 9-day period have been asked to self-quarantine after dozens who visited the establishment contracted the coronavirus. So far, 76 COVID-19 cases have been linked to the bar, Harper's Restaurant & Brewpub in East Lansing, the Ingham County Health…
Published: November 07, 2026, 9:48 pm The County of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Health is wrapping up its investigation into an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections linked to Brookshire Farms in San Luis Obispo. Fifteen people are included in the outbreak – five who were laboratory confirmed. The county previously reported that
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Published: November 06, 2026, 10:41 pm Last updated: November 07, 2026, 12:20 am A California pumpkin patch and petting zoo associated with an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infections reopened Nov. 6 with the owners saying environmental tests for the pathogen had come back negative. The San Luis Obispo county health department has not posted