Women who are pregnant are three times more likely to fall severely ill if they catch COVID-19

Pregnant women who contract the coronavirus are more likely to become critically ill and die, and are at higher risk for premature delivery, two new reports released on Monday from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) find. Expecting mothers with COVID-19 were about three times more likely to be admitted to the ICU … Read more

COVID-positive people CAN vote in person, CDC says

People who have COVID-19 or are in quarantine after a potential exposure still have the right to vote – and should use it today if they haven’t already, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says.  Health officials posted new guidance on Sunday, clarifying the voting right, but asking anyone with COVID-19 or a … Read more

US Election 2020: Melania Trump blasts Biden at North Carolina rally 

Melanie Trump tore into Joe Biden in a speech at her final solo rally in North Carolina, calling the former Vice-President a ‘career politician’ who ‘apologizes for American greatness’ and is a proponent of the radical left’s agenda.   The 50-year-old First Lady stood out in a $5,990 tan leather peplum jacket by Ralph Lauren as … Read more

Melania Trump tears into Joe Biden at her final solo rally in North Carolina 

Melanie Trump tore into Joe Biden in a speech at her final solo rally in North Carolina, calling the former Vice-President a ‘career politician’ who ‘apologizes for American greatness’ and is a proponent of the radical left’s agenda.   The 50-year-old First Lady stood out in a $5,990 tan leather peplum jacket by Ralph Lauren as … Read more

Genome sequencing traces likely roots of White House coronavirus strain

Scientists have sequenced the genome of a coronavirus strain that likely infected President Trump and dozens of his advisers and others with whom he came into contact.  It comes after the White House deemed the source of President Trump’s infection ‘unknowable,’ and refused the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) offer to assist in … Read more

COVID-positive people spread the infection to others at home 53% of the time

COVID-positive people spread the infection to others at home 53% of the time – and kids are just as likely to transmit it as adults, CDC report finds After a first case of COVID-19 was diagnosed in a home, at least one other household member was infected 53% of the time Children under 12 infected … Read more

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are married! The actress and funnyman ‘wed during secret ceremony’

Scarlett Johansson and Colin Jost are married! The Black Widow actress, 35, and SNL funnyman, 38, ‘wed during a secret ceremony over the weekend’ By Heidi Parker For Dailymail.com Published: 19:16 GMT, 29 October 2020 | Updated: 19:21 GMT, 29 October 2020 Scarlett Johansson and her fiance Colin Jost have gotten married in a secret … Read more

Florida’s pandemic death toll may be undercounted by 8,000

Florida‘s 2020 death toll is as many as 8,000 fatalities higher than a usual year’s, even beyond the deaths directly caused by COVID-19, according to an analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data.  The sunshine state saw as many as 23,000 ‘excess deaths’ beyond the expected number between January 1 and October … Read more

About 20% of US adults under 30 do NOT wear a face mask, CDC finds

The youngest American adults are by far the worst at taking precautions to help reduce the spread of coronavirus, the Centers for Disease Control and PRevention (CDC) reports.  An average of 20 percent of people between ages 18 and 29 said they don’t wear a face mask between May and June, and about 60 percent … Read more

Health care workers made up 6% of all US hospitalized coronavirus patients through May – and 4% died

Health care workers made up 6% of all US hospitalized coronavirus patients through May – and 4% of them died, CDC report finds A new CDC report found that health care workers made up nearly 6% of more than 6,000 coronavirus patients hospitalized between March and May More than 25% needed to be admitted to … Read more