Is it safe to ride public transit during the coronavirus pandemic?It depends on a variety of factors, but there are ways to minimize risk.RARE CORONAVIRUS-LINKED SYNDROME AFFECTS 11 CHILDREN IN WASHINGTON STATE: OFFICIALSThe main way that the virus spreads is through droplets people spray when they talk, cough or sneeze. That means the best way…
May 12, 2020 | 9:21am | Updated May 12, 2020 | 10:09am Enlarge Image Belly Mujinga (right) and her 11-year-old daughter Ingrid A British train station worker died of coronavirus two weeks after a sick traveler spat at her, her union revealed Tuesday. Belly Mujinga, 47, was attacked while working in London’s Victoria Station on…
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