One reason why measles — a notoriously contagious disease — is so difficult to contain is because its infectious viral particles can linger in the air for up to two hours. Can the coronavirus do the same?It's a question health officials appear to be grappling with: On Thursday, the San Francisco Department of Public Health…
I need to take a trip that would be either a few hours flying or multiple days driving. Which is safer? As lockdown orders are relaxed to some capacity in countries around the world, travel is starting to see an uptick for the first time since mid-March. But when it comes to taking a longer…
GUATEMALA CITY/SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Strict coronavirus lockdowns in Guatemala and El Salvador have so battered local economies that hundreds of families are flying white flags outside their homes or waving them in the street: not in surrender, but to seek food and assistance. Residents of the Las Victorias neighbourhood, most of them informal sellers,…
The coronavirus has added a brutal exclamation point to America’s pervasive ill health. Americans with obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other diet-related diseases are about three times more likely to suffer worsened outcomes from Covid-19, including death. Had we flattened the still-rising curves of these conditions, it’s quite possible that our fight against the virus…
What to KnowInfections may cause fever, headache, nausea, vomiting and tiredness, the CDC said. In older adults, a severe neuroinvasive disease that often involves encephalitis, an inflammation of the brain, is possible following infection.There are no reported human cases of St. Louis Encephalitis in California, according to the district, but officials still warned people to…
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(CNN)One in 10 coronavirus patients with diabetes died within the first seven days of hospitalization, and one in five needed a ventilator to breathe, according to a new study by French researchers.Diabetes is one of the underlying health conditions that health experts believe put people at greater risk for developing more severe symptoms of Covid-19…
Press release from the Humboldt County Joint Information Center: One new case of COVID-19 was confirmed today, bringing to 99 the total number of Humboldt County residents who have tested positive for the virus.The following information is based on the most recent data available for all confirmed cases:Contact to a Known Case: 58Travel-Acquired: 24Community Transmission:…
Mercedes’ EQV electric van is now available for sale in Europe. You can order the high-end electric van starting at €71,388 (about $78,352). Until now, the only vehicle available from Mercedes’ all-electric EQ line was the luxury EQC, so this is a notable expansion.The EQV can carry up to eight passengers or be configured to…
By: Lifestyle Desk | New Delhi | Published: May 13, 2020 7:30:54 am At a promotional event, actor Sunny Leone was asked about the struggles that women have to go through in the startup industry. The actor has often spoken about how she fought to break stereotypes and make her mark in Bollywood industry. On…
Exhibitors oppose the move to skip release in cinemas Malayalam film Sufiyum Sujathayum will skip its theatre release. Its makers have opted for a direct-to-digital premiere in view of the uncertainty over the reopening of cinemas following the COVID-19 crisis.Producer Vijay Babu turned to social media on Friday to announce that the film would soon…
With the next version of Windows 10, coming this spring, Microsoft’s Cortana digital assistant will lose a number of consumer skills around music and connected homes, as well as some third-party skills. That’s very much in line with Microsoft’s new focus for Cortana, but it may still come as a surprise to the dozens of…
the coronavirus pandemic. California state officials intervened by directly expressing their concerns about the event to Disney, the parent company of the U.F.C.’s broadcast partner, ESPN, according to three people with knowledge of the conversations.Dana White, the U.F.C. president, said in an interview on ESPN that he had received calls from “the highest level” of…
Another American with positive coronavirus test coming to Nebraska Medicine Hide Transcript Show Transcript shocking, absolutely shot Jerry Suranyi. Goldman still can't believe that. Of the 13 people she evacuated Japan with, she's only one of two who tested negative. I've just in shock that this happened the way it did, she says. Right now,…