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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - The State of Alaska Department of Health and Social Services reports one new COVID-19 death and 98 new COVID-19 cases among Alaska residents.According to a news release from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, YKHC saw it’s first hospitalization and medevac of a COVID-positive person. YKHC says they were aware of the positive…

A Los Angeles police officer died from complications of coronavirus on Friday, the Los Angeles Police Department told Fox News.A department spokesperson declined to provide the officer's name or title. The COVID-19 death marks the first of a sworn officer in the police force and the second department employee.Earlier this month, LAPD senior detention officer…

President Cyril Ramaphosa addresses the nation. President Cyril Ramaphosa opted to listen to the unions and career politicians rather than experts and scientists when he made the decision to close the country's public schools. He has yet again missed an opportunity to lead, writes Pieter du Toit.President Cyril Ramaphosa, ignoring volumes of evidence about why schools…

Florida Keys sees its first outbreak of Dengue Fever in 10 years as health department confirms 16 people have been infectedMore than a dozen cases of dengue fever have been reported in the Florida Keys Dengue-carrying mosquitoes primarily feed on humans and rarely travel more than 200 yards away from their breeding habitat near homes Symptoms typically…

The first COVID-19 vaccine tested in the U.S. revved up people’s immune systems just the way scientists had hoped, researchers reported Tuesday -- as the shots are poised to begin key final testing.“No matter how you slice this, this is good news,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, told The Associated…