Editor’s note: This story has been updated to clarify the first paragraph. Boulder County reported 50 new coronavirus cases Thursday — the largest one-day increase in positive cases that the county has seen yet. The surge surpasses the previous highest one-day increase since Wednesday, when 43 new cases were reported. To date, Boulder County has…
CLOSENote: This story has been updated to provide more information about the county's decision to withhold business identities.GREEN BAY - Health officials are investigating dozens of Brown County workplaces and long-term care facilities where multiple employees have tested positive for COVID-19 infections, and in some cases where people have died.Investigations are under way at 54 workplaces, 20…
Stanislaus County is preparing to implement a mandatory face coverings in public order as a way to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, officials said Wednesday.Stanislaus County Board Supervisor Kristin Olsen said during the Stanislaus County Office of Emergency Services daily COVID-19 briefing that the order will go into effect on Monday. Details about…
Union County, the rural northeastern Oregon county home to the state’s largest coronavirus outbreak, voluntarily returned to Phase 1 of Gov. Kate Brown’s coronavirus reopening plan Wednesday. The county is the first in Oregon to step backward under the governor’s gradual reopening guidelines. The move came after the county recorded a giant spike in coronavirus cases,…
For the seventh straight day, Dallas County is reporting more than 300 new COVID-19 cases along with eight more deaths. Dallas County Health and Human Service confirmed 306 additional cases were added Tuesday, along with the deaths of seven people in Dallas and one in Hutchins, including: A Dallas man in his 30s who had…
Published: November 08, 2026, 8:00 am Quick bites from around the food safety arena this week Infant formula maker ByHeart has “discontinued” manufacturing its products after getting caught up in an outbreak of infant botulism. ByHeart’s founders started a new company, MeridianMade, earlier this year and announced in late October that it would purchase Dublin-based
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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