MITO, Japan — A return of stringent coronavirus restrictions in Israel, another daily record of reported cases in Japan's capital and outbreaks in remote areas such as China's Xinjiang region underscored Friday the ongoing battle to quash COVID-19 flare-ups as the world's latest hot spots pushed the confirmed global case...
Without a Trace: This California County Has Stopped Contact Tracing as Coronavirus Surges
A month ago, everyone in Merced County infected with the coronavirus got a call from county officials, asking questions about whom they’d come in contact with. It’s a tracing process that experts say is critical to stopping the spread of the highly infectious disease. Now, facing a five-fold increase in...
Utah Public Hearing on Schools Dismissed After Angry Parents Pack Room Without Masks
[aggregation-styles] ABC News Tensions flared at a public hearing in Utah over the state's mask mandate for schoolchildren after several parents defied orders by packing the room without face coverings. The parents, some of whom carried signs condemning face masks, failed to sit in the marked seats and booed at...
Some California Hospitals Are Overwhelmed by Virus Cases
SACRAMENTO — Teams of military doctors, nurses and other health care specialists are being deployed to eight California hospitals facing staffing shortages amid a record-breaking surge of coronavirus cases across the state. The Air Force, at California's request, assigned 160 people to increase capacity in intensive care units. Some teams...
Newsom to Outline Plans for Reopening Schools
SAN FRANCISCO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is expected to announce new guidance for the reopening of California schools Friday, with many of the state’s 1,000 districts just weeks away from returning to school and still undecided on whether to allow students back in classrooms. Several school districts have already said...
UK, US, Canada Accuse Russia of Hacking Virus Vaccine Trials
LONDON — Britain, the United States and Canada accused Russia on Thursday of trying to steal information from researchers seeking a COVID-19 vaccine. The three nations alleged that hacking group APT29, also known as Cozy Bear and said to be part of the Russian intelligence service, is attacking academic and...
Parents Get Their Wish. Clovis Students Will Return to Classrooms in August.
For many Clovis Unified students, the new school year will mean returning to classrooms that were suddenly vacated in mid-March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The question for trustees at Wednesday night's meeting was whether students would be in class on campus for two days each week or all five....
Central Unified’s School Year Will Start with Online Instruction Only Due to COVID
Central Unified School District officials, with an eye on rapidly rising rates of coronavirus infection in the Fresno area, decided Tuesday night to provide online instruction only when school resumes in August. The decision to resume distance learning only was made after Central and other school district officials on late...
Fed Survey Says Economy Has Picked up but Outlook Cloudy
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve says economic activity has picked up in most regions of the country but still remains well below pre-pandemic levels with the country facing high levels of uncertainty. The Fed reported Wednesday that its latest survey of economic conditions around the country found improvements in consumer...
Break The Barriers Stays Open as Essential ‘Health & Wellness’ Provider
After Gov. Gavin Newsom's Monday announcement that the doors on churches, gyms, nail salons, and other public places had to close again to slow the spread of COVID-19, Jared Hergenrader spent part of his afternoon explaining to numerous callers why Break the Barriers in northeast Fresno remains open. Hergenrader, the...