Spike

LOS ANGELES, CA — By week's end, Los Angeles County schools could have a series of health protocols to serve as guidelines for reopening schools, county officials announced Wednesday. The announcements follows a head-spinning series developments at the federal level this week after the Centers for Disease Control issued coronavirus protocols for schools only to…

By JAKE COYLE and JONATHAN J. COOPER, Associated PressPHOENIX — California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday, and Arizona's outbreak grew more severe by nearly every measure as the surging coronavirus crisis across the South and West sent a shudder through the country. The run-up…

PHOENIX (AP) — California closed bars, theaters and indoor restaurant dining all over again across most of the state Wednesday because of a surging coronavirus caseload, and Arizona’s outbreak grew more severe by nearly every measure, as the crisis across the South and West sent a shudder through the country.The run-up in confirmed cases has…

A majority of coronavirus infections from Multnomah County’s record-breaking week reportedly spread among friends and family, prompting county health officials Monday to encourage the use of face coverings in social settings.Infections within immigrant and refugee communities drove some portion of the spike, officials said.But county officials declined to quantify how many of the nearly 300…

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — California and some other large states are experiencing a sharp climb in new coronavirus cases just weeks into a gradual economic reopening, filling hospital beds and intensive care units in an uneven surge that many public health officers predicted months ago.Last week, Texas, Florida, Arizona and at least seven other states…