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Three teachers in Arizona were sharing a classroom for two hours a day teaching online classes during the pandemic.
India has recorded 100,000 new coronavirus cases in the past four days, as the country struggles to gain control of the worsening pandemic.
Forty-three new coronavirus cases have been linked to a large house party from early July in Washtenaw County, Michigan, according to health officials.
Des Moines Public Schools custodian Tracy Harris cleans chairs in a classroom at Brubaker Elementary School, on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa.
In this Sunday, June 28, 2020, photograph, a long line of unsold 2020 Model Y sports-utility vehicles sits at a Tesla dealership in Littleton, Colo.
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Health care systems in many places struggle in winter. Conditions such as asthma, heart attacks and stroke tend to worsen in colder temperatures, and some infectious diseases like influenza spread more easily, which means facilities face a greater patient load.
Amid a resurgence in coronavirus cases across the United States, public health officials are asking everyday Americans to do their part. Their message?
DALLAS, TX (KTVT) -- A West Texas sheriff has died due to complications from COVID-19, according to a law enforcement association.
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The US military has seen a spike in Covid-19 cases in recent weeks, with the number of confirmed cases in July growing by about 4,000, a jump of about 60%, according to Defense Department statistics.
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A new plan under development by the White House and Senate Republicans to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic is expected to include financial incentives to push schools to reopen while also shielding health care workers and companies against lawsuits, Republicans said Monday…
Businesses have had to embrace social distancing during the pandemic, and perhaps none more so than an English pub which installed an electric fence to keep thirsty customers at bay.
What should be a booming tourist destination this time of year is now riddled with coronavirus, dwarfing other states and even entire countries in some metrics.
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ALBANY — With the number of positive coronavirus tests nearly doubling since the low point in June, Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital is reinstituting some safety protocols that had been suspended beginning Tuesday.
After people are infected with the novel coronavirus, their natural immunity to the virus could decline within months, a new pre-print paper suggests.
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AMERICUS – Magnolia Manor President and CEO Mark R. Todd reported that for the fifth consecutive week, there have been no new resident COVID-19 cases at the company’s Americus Nursing Center.
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ALBANY — Walking into a Dougherty County library building, a patron will notice that the lounge area is marked off and closed and there are less chairs placed around tables. Other than that, though, it’s business as usual.
Houston Rockets guard Russell Westbrook announced on Monday he has tested positive for Covid-19.
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Tournament officials announced Monday that out of an abundance of caution due to the continuously changing dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tour Championship will be played without spectators at East Lake Golf Club over Labor Day weekend, Sept. 4-7.
Mormon church leaders are imploring followers to wear masks in public to defend against the coronavirus as temples reopen and church activities resume.
When Veronica Briones started having trouble breathing in March, she didn't know what to do.
Prompted by a dramatic surge in cases across the nation and within their borders, three states on Monday reinstated restrictions that were put in place early in the coronavirus pandemic.
A woman delivering food in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. People there are struggling even more due to the coronavirus pandemic, which is prompting a possible global food crisis.
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ALBANY — With the number of coronavirus cases making a resurgence recently, the Dougherty County Commission will go back to virtual meetings after holding one meeting with public participation.
One of the bright spots in Atlanta as it struggles under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic is Chavis Flagg, a guitar player who has turned the city's popular Beltline trail into his stage.
Iconic Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and her daughter, Aaradhya, tested positive for coronavirus following news that Aishwarya's husband and father-in-law were hospitalized with the virus.
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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos on Sunday refused to say whether schools should follow guidelines from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on reopening, saying those guidelines are meant to be "flexible."
India's film industry is on edge after several of Bollywood's biggest stars were admitted to hospital after testing positive for coronavirus over the course of the weekend.
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As coronavirus cases surge across the US and states throttle back on economic reopenings, experts and advocacy groups are warning that low-income families could face utility shutoffs as moratoriums on disconnections lift -- with Black families especially at risk.
Three teachers who shared a summer classroom at a school in Arizona all contracted coronavirus last month, leaving one of them dead.
The Florida Department of Health has reported at least 15,299 new Covid-19 cases, the highest number of new cases in a single day by any state since the coronavirus pandemic began.
After Memorial Day, as the United States began to reopen, coronavirus cases began to rise. The number of hospitalizations had risen in at least a dozen states some two weeks after the holiday weekend.
The coronavirus pandemic has already claimed over half a million lives across the world, with case numbers continuing to rise. A new report by Oxfam now warns that the hunger crisis worsened by the pandemic could potentially kill more people each day than the infection itself.
While initial unemployment claims in Georgia continued to decline last week, the state paid out an all-time record of more than $857 million in state and federal jobless benefits.
Greg Sankey acknowledged his uneasiness about the college football season happening on Saturday.
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ALBANY — Imagine you’re a businessperson, the owner of a bicycle shop, say, and a family of nine comes in, cash in hand, and says, “We want to buy nine bicycles.” And while you’re imagining, imagine that the average cost of those bicycles is $500 ... each.
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) -- A fourth Royals player has tested positive for the coronavirus.
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Internal documents from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned that fully reopening K-12 schools and universities would be the "highest risk" for the spread of coronavirus, according to a New York Times report, as President Donald Trump and his administration push for stude…
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Former President Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter on Saturday urged the American people to "please wear a mask to save lives" as the country continues to battle the deadly coronavirus.
ATLANTA – Georgia’s Republican U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler announced $12 million in federal funding for small businesses impacted by the coronavirus in seven cities across Georgia.
Walt Disney World reopened its gates on Saturday. But should it?
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ATLANTA - Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms ordered all but essential businesses closed late Friday as coronavirus cases in the city and across Georgia hit record levels.
Coronavirus damages not only the lungs, but the kidneys, liver, heart, brain and nervous system, skin and gastrointestinal tract, doctors said Friday in a review of reports about Covid-19 patients.
The Pac-12 voted Friday to play a conference-only schedule in all fall sports in 2020, making the same decision the Big Ten Conference did a day earlier.
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Three people have tested positive for coronavirus on Friday after taking a Delta Air Lines flight from Atlanta to Albany, New York.
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Gov. Brian Kemp is poised to reopen the Georgia World Congress Center for standby hospital beds and medical equipment amid a recent increase in COVID-19 positive cases and hospitalizations in the state.
More research emerged this week in potential support of using the tuberculosis vaccine Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) as a tool in the fight against coronavirus.
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Lee County native and San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey announced Friday that he has elected not to play in the shortened Major League Baseball season because of the coronavirus pandemic.
If you've been in contact with your state lawmaker in Mississippi, you may want to get a coronavirus test.
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As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to spread throughout the United States, travelers are still not federally required to wear a mask on a passenger jet. But Delta CEO Ed Bastian said the government should make it a mandate.
The nation's schools have been in an upheaval since the pandemic began. And now, amid a resurgence of Covid-19 cases, states are revisiting contingency plans to safely reopen them.
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This year's federal income tax deadline was postponed to July 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic, and the Internal Revenue Service has made it clear that Tax Day won't be pushed back again.
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ATLANTA, GA (WGCL) -- One of Atlanta’s most iconic landmarks, The Varsity, is closed Thursday after an employee tested positive for COVID-19. And while the doors for the restaurant will open again, it’s legendary drive-in service will be forced to close.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced most domestic coronavirus restrictions would be lifted in June.
A man in his 50s absconded from a New Zealand coronavirus quarantine facility, cutting through a fence to visit a liquor store, officials revealed on Friday.
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A mandatory masking order is in effect in the city of Atlanta, requiring everyone inside Georgia’s capital city to wear masks in public and in businesses open to the public amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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- 43 new coronavirus cases have been linked to one large house party in Michigan
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There is only one word to describe Biden's economic plan. DOOM!
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