Jonathan Van Ness has been at home — gardening and spending time with his four cats — throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. As someone who is HIV positive and therefore at a higher risk of severe illness, he feels safer staying…
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Fauci Refutes Trump’s Claims That COVID Is Going Away, Says U.S. Is ‘In for a Whole Lot of Hurt’
Dr. Anthony Fauci warned that the U.S. is “in for a whole lot of hurt” as cases of COVID-19 soar to record-breaking numbers, and countered President Donald Trump’s frequent claims that the country is “rounding the turn” on the pandemic….
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COVID Testing Leader Contradicts Trump, Says Rise in Cases Is ‘Real’ — Not from Increased Testing
The Trump administration’s head of COVID-19 testing said that the record-breaking numbers of new infections in the U.S. are “real,” and not because of an increase in testing, counter to what President Donald Trump has claimed. Testing czar Admiral Brett…
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49 Cases of COVID Linked to Small Church Event in Maine — and Officials Expect Number to Rise
At least 49 people have tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after a church event in Maine, health officials say. The outbreak has been connected to the Brooks Pentecostal Church in Waldo County, and Dr. Nirav Shah, director of…
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Scientists Insist Herd Immunity Won't Work to End COVID — in Opposition to Trump's Claims
A group of 80 scientists from around the world are warning against trying to end the COVID-19 pandemic through herd immunity, calling the idea a “dangerous fallacy.” Herd immunity occurs when a large part of a community becomes immune to…
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Game of Thrones' Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Says He Could Miss Son's Birth While in Quarantine
View this post on Instagram Date night with my beautiful wife! @kelc33 ? A post shared by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (@thorbjornsson) on Aug 14, 2020 at 2:18pm PDT View this post on Instagram Date night with my beautiful wife! @kelc33…
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Mira Sorvino on Instilling 'Grit' in Her Kids amid COVID-19 Pandemic: 'Have to Show Who We Are'
Motherhood is a continuing lesson for Mira Sorvino. The Oscar winner recently sat down for a conversation with PEOPLE's Celeb Moms Get Real, discussing her feelings on her older kids' transition to their teens years and how all four of…
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These Are the States Requiring Out-of-State Travelers to Quarantine due to Coronavirus
With much of the U.S. still seeing high numbers of new COVID-19 infections and many Americans attempting to salvage their summer vacations, some states have enacted quarantine requirements to keep out-of-state travelers from bringing in the virus. Fifteen states — Alaska, Connecticut,…
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California Man Loses Most of His Fingers Due to Coronavirus: ‘This Could Happen to You’
After losing nearly all of his fingers due to complications from COVID-19, a California man is warning Americans to take the virus seriously. Gregg Garfield, 54, was one of the first COVID-19 cases in California after catching the virus in…
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School Closings in March Likely Reduced Coronavirus Cases by 1 Million and Saved 40,000 Lives
Closing schools across most of the U.S. in March, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, likely reduced infections by 1 million and saved more than 40,000 people from dying due to the virus, a new study found. Early in…
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