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Share on PinterestBlack people in the U.S. who perform essential work may have a higher risk of mortality from COVID-19.The research, which took place at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, reveals that non-Hispanic Black people were more likely than non-Hispanic white people to hold occupations considered essential, meaning that they continued to…

Orange County reported 227 new cases of COVID-19 and four more deaths Saturday, bringing the county's totals to 51,873 cases and 1,127 fatalities. Hospitalizations in the county inched up from 201 Friday to 202, with the number of intensive care unit patients rising from 64 to 65, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency.…

In the predawn hours of March 30, Dr. Deborah Birx stepped in front of the camera on the White House lawn and made an alarming prediction about the coronavirus, which had, by then, killed fewer than 3,000 people in the United States."If we do things together, well, almost perfectly, we can get in the range…

People who dine out are at twice the risk of catching COVID-19 than people who don’t, according to a new Centers for Disease Control report that is awful news for local economies and people who enjoy going out.The data, however, makes no distinction between outdoor and indoor dining - and COVID-19 is much harder to…

431 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Massachusetts, 8 additional deaths The Massachusetts Department of Public Health reported an additional 431 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the statewide total to 124,570.There were 22,217 molecular tests conducted, with a 1.94% daily positive rate. State health officials also confirmed 8 new COVID-19-related deaths across Massachusetts, bringing…