Coronavirus

HE IS OUT OF JAIL. >> BREAKING NEWS HERE ARE YOUR , TOP COVID-19 HEADLINES AT THIS HOUR. SOUTH CAROLINA HEALTH OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED 17 MORE DEATHS ASSOCIATED WITH COVID-19 IN THE STATE. INCLUDING FIVE ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM THE UPSTATE. THAT BRINGS THE TOTAL TO 735 PEOPLE. WE ARE TOLD THERE ARE 36,297 POSITIVE CASES ACROSS…

1of48Alexander Panis, nurse practitioner at St. John's Well Child and Family Center, prepares a COVID-19 test on Thursday, June 25, 2020, in the Wilmington area of Los Angeles.Ashley Landis/Associated Press 2of48In this June 18, 2020, file photo, a sign advising visitors to maintain social distance is shown as people watch the sea lions at Pier…

Cone-style well fitting masks and home-made coverings made from multiple fabric layers are the best designs for stopping the spread of coronavirus, study shows.Researchers from Florida Atlantic University examined different materials and designs to find the best option for slowing the spread of virus carrying droplets.These droplets are expelled when someone with COVID-19 coughs or sneezes…

More than half of people with COVID-19 have no idea how or where they got infected – underscoring the need for social distancing, more widespread use of masks and better contact tracing, especially at work. That is the conclusion of a new survey by the Centers for Disease Control, released Tuesday, of 350 patients in…

Anthony Fauci, the top-ranking infectious-disease doctor from the National Institutes of Health, said the U.S. is now recording about 40,000 new cases a day of the new coronavirus, and that “it could go up to 100,000 a day” if people continue to flout advice on social distancing and face masks. “It could get very bad,”…