June 30, 2020, 12:34pm Clark County Health
Clark County Public Health reported 17 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, a day after the county saw a 68-case jump. Read story
June 30, 2020, 11:50am Health
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida and other states across the Sunbelt are thinning out the deck chairs, turning over the barstools and rushing to line up more hospital beds as they head into the height of the summer season amid a startling surge in confirmed cases of the coronavirus. Read story
June 30, 2020, 6:05am Health
EUGENE, Ore. — With the arrival of warm weather, and as states begin to loosen months of lockdown restrictions from the coronavirus pandemic, it’s only natural that people are itching to get outside. Read story
June 29, 2020, 3:34pm Clark County Health
Clark County Public Health confirmed 68 new COVID-19 cases Monday afternoon, the second-highest county tally reported in one day. Read story
June 29, 2020, 8:50am Health
The city of Jacksonville, Florida, where mask-averse President Donald Trump plans to accept the Republican nomination in August, ordered the wearing of face coverings Monday, joining the list of state and local governments reversing course to try to beat back a resurgence of the coronavirus. Read story
June 29, 2020, 8:20am Business
The maker of a drug shown to shorten recovery time for severely ill COVID-19 patients says it will charge $2,340 for a typical treatment course for people covered by government health programs in the United States and other developed countries. Read story
June 28, 2020, 12:36pm Health
Three types of taxes on sodas and other sugar-sweetened drinks could help prevent heart attacks, strokes and diabetes while also lowering health care costs, according to a new simulation model. Read story
June 28, 2020, 12:30pm Health
In mid-May, the Food and Drug Administration issued a rare public warning about an Abbott Laboratories COVID-19 test that for weeks had received high praise from the White House because of its speed: Test results could be wrong. Read story
June 26, 2020, 6:53pm Clark County Health
Clark County submitted its application to move into the next phase of Washington’s COVID-19 recovery plan on Friday, the earliest it could apply. Read story
June 26, 2020, 4:10pm Health
PORTLAND — Oregon health officials reported 250 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Friday and five additional deaths on the same day that authorities released new modeling that shows increased transmission of the coronavirus since the state began reopening about a month ago. Read story