As schools and universities plan for the new academic year, and administrators grapple with complex questions about how to keep young people safe, a new report about a coronavirus outbreak at a sleepaway camp in Georgia provides fresh reasons for concern. The camp implemented several precautionary measures against the virus, but stopped short of requiring… Read More »
Florida, which is experiencing surging cases of COVID-19, will be closing state-run testing facilities from Friday through Tuesday because of an approaching storm system. The system, which is forecast to become Tropical Storm Isaias in the coming hours, has a predicted path that goes right through the state. The Florida Division of Emergency Management announced… Read More »
Boris Johnson will set out his strategy to tackle obesity on Monday – including a 12-week plan for people lose weight and cycling being prescribed by GPs. It comes after Public Health England research found that being overweight or obese puts people at greater risk of serious illness or death from Covid-19. Ministers estimate that… Read More »
‘There is NO reason to stop working from home’: Boris’s own science chief torpedoes PM’s efforts to get Brits back to the office, says lockdown should have been a WEEK earlier and says government ‘made mistakes’ Government’s top scientist Sir Patrick Vallance said ‘absolutely no reason’ to change work from home rules Chief Scientific Adviser… Read More »