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The Dallas County Health Department reported 31 deaths from COVID-19 Tuesday along with 641 new cases of the virus. Despite the high number of fatalities and the incident in new cases, data reported by the county health department show continued falls in the seven-day and 14-day averages for new cases. Information on the last 31 victims of the pandemic will …

According to health officials, West Nile virus is transmitted primarily by several Culex species, including Culex salinarius and Culex pipiens. (iStock) While the United States is dealing with coronavirus, West Nile virus is on the rise and may have similar characteristics to COVID-19, creating confusion. Seventeen human cases of West Nile virus have so far been reported in Texas, Los …

Image copyright Getty Images Obesity should be defined by a person’s health, not just their weight, says a new Canadian clinical guide. He also advises doctors to go beyond recommending diet and exercise. Instead, they should focus on the root causes of weight gain and take a holistic approach to health. The guide, published Tuesday in the Canadian Medical Association …

Science Library Getty Images Patients with covid-19 could have been flooded into emergency services in the spring, particularly in states like New York. But for everything else (heart attacks, strokes, and other types of emergencies), numerous hospitals across the country dwindled. A new study collecting data from five health systems in Colorado, Connecticut, Massachusetts, North Carolina and New York reported …

The state health agent issues an isolation order for those diagnosed with COVID-19 Updated: 1:46 PM CDT August 4, 2020 The state health officer, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, MD, has issued a statewide order to isolate people who have been diagnosed with COVID-19, effective immediately. The order stipulates that anyone diagnosed with COVID-19 should be immediately isolated at home. “We currently …

A new study suggests that children under five may carry a higher viral load than COVID-19, but experts say parents should not necessarily worry. (Photo: Getty Images) For months, experts have pointed out that younger children are less likely to transmit COVID-19 and that they do not normally have severe cases of the virus. But a new small study calls …

As political leaders, the school U.S. public health administrators and officials are intensely debating whether schools can be reopened in late summer, one of the big setbacks has been the lack of reliable information about how easily children and young people can spread the virus it causes. Covid19. But these data are starting to get complicated. Some outreach events involving …

The death toll from Covid-19 in San Quentin State Prison in California affected Tuesday the 22nd, in the deadliest of several outbreaks that have affected prisons across the state. Prison officials announced the most recent death Tuesday morning. Authorities did not release the victim’s name, but said the prisoner died in a hospital. Over the weekend, authorities had announced the …

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I AM CHRISTINA’S TIE. FIRST IN THE NUT, LOUISIANA NOW HAS 124,000 HOUSES WITH MORE THAN 3900 DEATHS. MORE THAN 1400 PEOPLE ARE IN HOSPITALS. 240 ARE IN FANS. GOVERNMENT CALLS ARE EXPECTED TO HAVE A SHORT TODAY TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE Positive dog test for COVID-19 in Louisiana, first case Updated: 3:12 PM CDT …

South Carolina announces the latest update of COVID-19 for August 4, 2020 Updated: 2:57 PM EDT, August 4, 2020 The number of people hospitalized with coronavirus and ventilator patients in South Carolina rose Tuesday after the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control reported a decline in those numbers in recent days. On Tuesday, in the intensive care unit, …