July 30, 2020 Florida sees 3-day streak in record coronavirus fatalities; more than 260 citations issued for gatherings Florida has broken the single-day record of coronavirus-related deaths since the onset of the pandemic for the third consecutive day this week, marking a new grim milestone.
July 29, 2020 Smaller airports face new coronavirus setback as Delta suspends flights in 11 cities The airline industry is facing another setback amid the coronavirus pandemic.
July 29, 2020 Coronavirus deaths in US top 150K, researchers say The death toll from the coronavirus in the U.S. hit 150,000 on Wednesday, by the far the highest in the world, according to the tally kept by Johns Hopkins University.
July 29, 2020 Minnesota county official resigns after comparing state mask mandate to Nazi Germany A county Republican board member in southern Minnesota has resigned after posting on Facebook an image that compares the state’s mask mandate to Jewish people wearing a star in concentration camps.
July 27, 2020 Texas stadiums helping fight coronavirus with disinfectant-spraying drones A Texas drone company is working to stop the spread of COVID-19 at large event centers.
July 27, 2020 Salmonella outbreak hits 23 states, source unknown: CDC Salmonella outbreak is rapidly growing, according to the CDC, and no source of the infection has been identified.
July 26, 2020 Italy's Giglio Island sees zero residents with coronavirus: 'Nobody is sick' Questions abound as the tiny Italian island has been mostly spared from the devastations of COVID-19.
July 26, 2020 San Francisco bus driver beaten with baseball bat after asking passengers to wear masks: police A San Francisco bus driver was allegedly beaten with a wooden baseball bat last week after asking three passengers to put on face mask to comply with the city’s coronavirus public health orders.
July 26, 2020 Kim Jong Un puts North Korean city on lockdown over suspected coronavirus case, says 'vicious virus' may be in country After denying for months that it did not have a single case of coronavirus on its soil, North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un placed a border city on lockdown after a person was discovered with suspected symptoms, state media reported Sunday.
July 23, 2020 California hospital space a concern as state hits No. 1 in coronavirus cases California's rise this week to the nation's top spot in confirmed coronavirus cases -- overtaking New York -- reportedly has the Golden State's health care workers concerned about potential shortages in medical equipment, beds and hospital staffing.