President Donald Trump is facing criticism after falsely claiming that children are "almost immune" to the coronavirus, as schools nationwide continue to grapple with when and how to reopen. While experts generally believe that children under 10 years old are less susceptible to the coronavirus than teens or adults, there's evidence that they can still catch…
Water Sport 2020-05-30 14:40 Surfing protesters (Gallo) There have been "complex" discussions over whether surfing should be allowed as South Africa begins to relax its national lockdown regulations. On Monday, the country will move to Level 3 of its coronavirus lockdown and, on Saturday, members of the department of sport and recreation looked to provide clarity…
By Penny Sarchet Dominic Cumming leaves 10 Downing Street on 24 MayChris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images Members of a government behavioural science advisory group have expressed concern that the revelations that Dominic Cummings appears to have broken the UK’s coronavirus restrictions and the government’s subsequent handling of the crisis has undermined the government’s authority and could…
California is weighing stiff penalties for hospitals and other healthcare entities that don’t stay under state spending limits, potentially levying hundreds of millions of dollars in fines if these providers don’t take steps to rein in rising healthcare costs. If the state Office of Health Care Affordability adopts the fines next week, hospitals, medical groups
Everything Sprouts LLC of Minneapolis, MN, is recalling three varieties of alfalfa sprouts products because they have been linked to a 15-state outbreak of Shiga toxin producing E. coli (STEC) and/or Salmonella. The recalled products were distributed by Everything Sprouts from May 27 to Aug. 21 to wholesale distributors and to grocery stores located in
The patient count for an outbreak of infections from the Cyclospora parasite linked to iceberg lettuce has topped 10,000. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting 10,930 patients as of Aug. 21, up from 9,481 reported on Aug. 13. The sick people are spread across 17 states. There are 454 patients who have