BOISE, Idaho — Moments after hearing an Idaho hospital was overwhelmed by COVID-19 patients and looking at sending people as far away as Seattle for care, members of a regional health[1] department board voted Thursday to repeal a local mask mandate. “Most of our medical surgical beds at Kootenai Health are full,” Panhandle Health District …
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The United States still has the world’s highest COVID-19 death toll — with more than 222,000 succumbing to the virus — but we rank ninth among nations in deaths per capita, a new count finds. Eight other countries are seeing higher deaths per one million population, the Daily Mail noted Thursday[1]. Peru has the worst …
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The number of workers filing new unemployment claims fell last week, the government reported[1] on Thursday, but the levels remain achingly high as the incipient economic recovery struggles to maintain a foothold. The Labor Department reported that 757,000 workers had filed new claims for state unemployment benefits, a drop of 73,000 from the previous week. …
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Southwest Airlines plans to resume placing passengers in middle seats on planes in December, the company said Thursday. Southwest was one of a handful of American airlines that had chosen to keep middle seats empty to curb the spread[1] of COVID-19. The airline said its decision to resume the bookings “was not made lightly.” In …
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France’s prime minister has announced a vast extension of the nightly curfew that is intended to curb the spiraling spread of the coronavirus ByThe Associated Press October 22, 2020, 6:18 PM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article PARIS — French Prime Minister Jean Castex announced on Thursday a vast extension …
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A few days ago, I attended the premiere of an hourlong dance performance. In New York City. Indoors. With more than 100 other people. Let me rephrase that. A few days ago, 98 volunteers, including me — all pretested for Covid-19, all masked, all following strict rules of social distancing — played the role of …
The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to 787,000 last week despite continued pressure on the labor market from the coronavirus pandemic, the feds said Thursday. Last week’s initial jobless claims nevertheless brought the total filed during the COVID-19 crisis to more than 65.1 million — a number equivalent to nearly 41 percent …
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LONDON — The University of Oxford says the late-stage trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in Brazil will continue following reports of a participant’s death. The university said it can’t comment on specific incidents but an independent review found no reason to be concerned about the safety of the Brazilian trial. It says an “independent review, …
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President Trump[1] and Joseph R. Biden Jr.[2] will meet on Thursday for their second and final presidential debate. Kristen Welker of NBC News will moderate the debate, which will take place in Nashville. It will begin at 9 p.m. Eastern and run for 90 minutes. The announced topics include fighting the coronavirus, American families, race …
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Sri Lanka’s main fish market has been closed and a curfew widened as a COVID-19 outbreak grows ByThe Associated Press October 22, 2020, 4:23 AM • 3 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka’s main fish market was closed Thursday and a curfew widened as a COVID-19 …
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