REPUBLIC, Wash. — About 10% of the population of Republic, a small city in north-central Washington, has tested positive for COVID-19 in an outbreak traced to large indoor events last month at the local Fraternal Order of Eagles hall. Ferry County Memorial Hospital officials have confirmed more than 100 cases, with one reported death, since… Read More: The Latest: 10% of Washington town positive for COVID-19 »
Summer in Australia has always meant cricket but there have been few years where our national sport has attracted quite so much attention as in 2021. Tests have been on again, off again, moved, then on again but with reduced crowd numbers. And while trying to figure out exactly what’s going on — or whether… Read More: How the power of exercise leads to a positive mindset »
On a quiet Brisbane street stands one of the most important buildings in Queensland’s defence against COVID-19. Microbiologists, scientists, sample collectors, data entry personnel and clinicians are all part of the machine at Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology at Bowen Hills, processing thousands of COVID-19 tests a day. As fears of community transmission ripple through the state,… Read More: How a COVID false positive happens »
England is counting anyone who has died there and had a coronavirus test come back positive at any point as a coronavirus death, Public Health England announced Friday. This comes after the British government ordered a review of how daily coronavirus death figures in England are tallied after some claimed that the figures were inflated.… Read More: Health department says England counting anyone who died after testing… »