Health

Lax approach to virus at Trump campaign events sends confusing message, health experts say

By Thomas Beaumont, Associated Press

Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump stood and sat shoulder to shoulder in Yuma, Arizona, this week, against the advice of Trump's own health experts.

Why wearing a mask and breathing in less coronavirus probably means you get less sick

By Monica Gandhi, The Conversation

In places where everyone wears a mask, cases of COVID-19 seem to be less severe. Evidence from labs and outbreaks suggests that masks protect not only others, but the person wearing the mask, too.

California power operators plead for conservation, Gov. Newsom declares emergency over wildfires

By Janie Har, Associated Press

Gov. Gavin Newsom declared an emergency Tuesday over wildfires burning throughout California as the state's power grid operator pleaded for continued conservation to avoid rolling blackouts.

Oleandrin is a deadly plant poison, not a COVID-19 cure

By Cassandra Quave, The Conversation

Consuming the plant can be lethal to animals and humans.

WHO says COVID-19 herd immunity 'not a solution we should be looking to'

By Associated Press

Most studies conducted to date have suggested only about 10 percent to 20 percent of people have antibodies.

Indigenous protesters in Brazil demand COVID-19 protection

By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

Dozens of Indigenous people have blocked a major highway in Brazil's Amazon to pressure the government for help in protecting them from COVID-19.

Trump rule on transgender health blocked a day before it would take effect

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a new regulation that would roll back health care protections for transgender people. It would have taken effect Tuesday.

News Wrap: UNC-Chapel Hill returns to remote learning due to outbreak

In our news wrap Monday, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has returned to all-remote learning after an outbreak of the novel coronavirus. It was one of the largest schools in the country to bring students back to…

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How COVID-19 is affecting the British music scene

By Taryn Siegel, Associated Press

But the music scene some Brits know and love may soon be unrecognizable because of the coronavirus pandemic, which has plunged the U.K. economy into its worst recession on record.

WATCH: California governor demands probe of power blackouts

By Janie Har, Adam Beam, Associated Press

The governor warned that customers could again lose power Monday. Newsom also sent an letter to state energy overseers demanding to know why blackouts occurred with such little notice to the public.