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Americans head outdoors for Memorial Day weekend An outbreak of coronavirus cases at a food processing plant in Washington state has put a temporary halt to Clark County's plans to enter phase 2 of the state's reopening plan. According to Clark County Public Health, 38 workers at Firestone Pacific Foods in Vancouver have tested positive…

(Newser) – A new coronavirus model says 24 states might have high transmission rates if they reopen without any effort to curb the contagion, the Washington Post reports. Researchers at Imperial College London drew on case information and cell phone location data to estimate each state's virus reproduction number, dubbed "Ro" or "R naught"—meaning the…

In the past couple months, coronavirus has upended multiple industries, forcing tens of millions of people out of the workforce. But some jobs, like contact tracing, have become all the more necessary due to the pandemic.Not only do experts predict an immediate need of at least 100,000 contact tracers in the U.S., but in some states…

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.At least two-thirds of states across the country are sharing the addresses of people who have tested positive for coronavirus with first responders, and at least 10 states are going so far as to share patients' identities as well.The move…

Sylvie Briand, the World Health Organization's infectious hazards management chief, said the UN body was surprised by certain countries' lack of preparation for a pandemic before the coronavirus crisis.Here is a question-and-answer with the French scientist:Are you surprised by how quickly the pandemic has spread?"We're not surprised as such, because we knew it could happen."We…