LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County health officials backtracked Tuesday on their announcement that a child died from coronavirus, saying it’s possible the death was caused by something else. During their daily briefing, the county health department said the unidentified child from the city of Lancaster was among four new...
Can Blood From Coronavirus Survivors Treat the Newly Ill?
WASHINGTON — Hospitals are gearing up to test if a century-old treatment used to fight off flu and measles outbreaks in the days before vaccines, and tried more recently against SARS and Ebola, just might work for COVID-19, too: using blood donated from patients who’ve recovered. Doctors in China attempted...
Another 5 Virus Cases in Fresno County as of Tuesday. Now Up to 18.
The Fresno County Health Department says there are now 18 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the county. Of those cases, 6 are travel related, 2 are person to person, and 10 are under investigation. In a late afternoon conference call with reporters, health officials said there is no identified community...
School Meal Updates for Fresno And Madera Unifieds During COVID-19 Closures
Fresno Unified is adding Birney Elementary School in central Fresno to the school sites where the community can pick up breakfasts and lunches, district spokeswoman Amy Idsvoog said Tuesday. Birney will be the district's 19th school site for school meals starting Wednesday, she said. Fresno and other school districts in...
COVID-19 Response: Fresno to Limit Access to Parks
The city of Fresno announced it will limit access to city parks starting on Wednesday, by closing down park parking lots. The goal is to promote social distancing in response to the COVID-19 crisis. "We remind everyone that it’s important for all of us to change our behaviors and keep...
Fresno County Jumps to 13 COVID-19 Cases, Increasing by 5 on Monday
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Fresno County jumped to 13 on Monday as five additional people tested positive for the infection. To date, six Fresno County cases have been identified as being "travel-related," two resulted from "person-to-person" transmission and five are currently "under investigation." "Although, there is no...
Trump Says He Intends to Reopen Country in Weeks, Not Months
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that he wants to reopen the country for business in weeks, not months, and he claimed, without evidence, that continued closures could result in more deaths than the coronavirus pandemic. "We can’t have the cure be worse than the problem," Trump told reporters...
Central Unified Board, Staff To Meet in Video Teleconference Like 'Brady Bunch'
It will be business not quite as usual when the Central Unified School District trustees hold their regular board meeting on Tuesday. Because of orders by Gov. Gavin Newsom for Californians to shelter in place and also to avoid large public gatherings to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus,...
State Center: Classes Will Remain Online Until Next Fall
State Center Community College District classes will remain online through the summer due to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak, and campus gatherings will be banned through June, Chancellor Paul Parnell announced Monday. Graduating students may still be able to celebrate getting their diploma, although celebrations may be virtual. Parnell encouraged them...
Grieving and Saying Goodbye in the Time of Coronavirus
CHICAGO — Tucked deep in the obituary for Charles Recka was an announcement that a Mass celebrating his 87 years of life “will be held at a later date.” Such notices are increasing amid the coronavirus pandemic, as an untold number of burials around the globe go forward with nothing...