He is the one who masks. Bryan Cranston has revealed that he contracted COVID-19 “a little while ago” — and he wants everyone to mask up and practice social distancing. The decorated Emmy and Tony Award-winning actor perhaps best known for playing chemistry teacher turned meth dealer Walter White on …
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A small study is raising questions about whether young children could be coronavirus super spreaders, even as the country deliberates how to reopen schools in the coming weeks. One of the few silver linings of the COVID-19 pandemic so far has been that the novel coronavirus that has infected more …
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With close to 4.5 million Americans confirmed to have been infected with the coronavirus illness COVID-19, the pandemic will continue for some time, public health officials will tell Congress on Friday, underscoring the importance of following their recommendations on face masks, frequent hand washing and social distancing. “While it remains …
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Stocks were slightly lower Tuesday as investors focused on talks between Republicans and Democrats on a second coronavirus aid package and a deluge of second-quarter corporate results. What are major indexes doing? The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.39% was down 141.16 points, or 0.5%, at 26,443.61, while the S&P …
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was scrapping the Jacksonville, Fla.-component of the Republican National Convention that was scheduled for late next month, underscoring an apparent reversal of tone and approach to the viral pandemic that has crippled much of the country for months. The president said he would …
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The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 in the U.S. rose above 3.8 million on Tuesday, and President Donald Trump appeared to change his view of face masks in the face of falling poll numbers. Trump tweeted an image of himself wearing a mask with a message …
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The number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus illness COVID-19 edged closer to 14 million on Friday, as the U.S. counted a record number of cases in a single day and regions around the world resumed restrictions on movement in a battle to contain the spread. Brazil’s case tally rose …
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The surge in coronavirus cases has reached a new record. On Thursday, the U.S. recorded more than 70,000 new cases of COVID-19, up from 20,000 a day in June, according to data aggregated Johns Hopkins University, the COVID Tracking Project, and other independent calculations from the Washington Post and Reuters. …
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