Coronavirus prompts Country Time to offer lemonade stand stimulus checks for kids

The powdered beverage company Country Time is issuing stimulus checks to children who have had to shutter their summertime lemonade stands due to the current coronavirus pandemic.

UK coronavirus vaccine prompts immune response in early test

Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got the shot.

UIC get $22M in federal funding for health research programs

The University of Illinois at Chicago will receive $22 million in federal funding for health research programs over the next fiver years.

New COVID-19 cases in Illinois top 1,000 for fourth day in a row

Illinois reported an additional 1,276 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, the fourth day in a row that new cases topped a thousand.

Los Angeles health officials release tips on how to deal with ‘quarantigue’ amid COVID-19 pandemic

The Los Angeles Public Health Department recently put out a set of guidelines aimed at helping people combat the growing quarantine fatigue that has surfaced as a result of the ongoing pandemic.

1,384 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Illinois

Illinois health officials on Friday announced another 1,384 new cases of the coronavirus and an additional 22 deaths.

White House document urges 18 states in virus ‘red zone’ to mandate masks, close bars, increase testing

A recent unpublicized White House document prepared by the coronavirus task force and obtained by the Center for Public Integrity on Thursday shows that 18 states are currently in the “red zone” for coronavirus cases.

Dr. Oz discusses CDC study highlighting most common COVID-19 symptoms
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We have a general understanding of symptoms of COVID-19, but the CDC has collected more information about the symptoms of American patients. Dr. Oz weighs in.

UK, US, Canada accuse Russia of hacking virus vaccine trials

Britain, the United States and Canada are accusing Russia of trying to steal information from researchers seeking a COVID-19 vaccine.

Can a pregnant woman spread the coronavirus to her fetus?

Can a pregnant woman spread the coronavirus to her fetus? Probably, but it seems to happen rarely and there’s a good explanation for why that is.