ATHENS, Ala. (AP) – Lawyers for an Alabama sheriff seeking a delay in his theft trial falsely claimed the officer was being tested for the illness caused by a new coronavirus. With Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely set to go on trial Monday on felony charges, his attorneys told a judge he was hospitalized and being tested for the COVID-19…
Administrators at Jacksonville State University have notified everyone on campus that two JSU students have been exposed to coronavirus. The exposure happened outside of Alabama. JSU says the students have not shown any symptoms. Full Statement from Jacksonville State University: Dear students, faculty and staff, While there are no confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the State of…
Renewed fears of the coronavirus are having an impact on shipping products ordered through Amazon, Walmart, and other retailers. Amazon this week posted a note on its website for some customers that deliveries could take longer than the 2-days Prime members have come to expect. I think we all can understand that delays happen but if you’re paying $120 a…
As health workers are busy trying to contain the Covid-19 or the coronavirus and disseminate accurate information, app developers in China and elsewhere are working hard to take advantage of the concerns. In the last week, coronavirus trackers have been showing up in the Google Play Store. They promise to send the latest information to your phone and help keep…
The Coronavirus continues to be a global problem with about 76,000 confirmed cases resulting in at least 2,000 deaths. Back home, Troy University officials are making sure students and faculty are not sent into the danger zone. The virus has caused the university to cancel several study abroad trips to China for the semester. “We wanted to be careful not…
BEIJING (AP) – Mainland China has reported the virus death toll has risen to 811, surpassing SARS fatalities in the 2002-2003 outbreak. China’s National Health Commission on Sunday says the total cases of the new virus have increased to to 37,198. The outbreak of SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome, killed 774 people and infected more than 8,000 worldwide. Like…
A partial ban on flavored e-cigarettes takes effect today. It outlaws the sale of fruit, dessert and mint-flavored pods popular with teenagers. It’s part of the Trump Administration’s effort to reduce youth vaping….which health officials say has reached epidemic levels. Plus, a new study in the journal “Plahs One” found that normal resting heart rates vary widely from person to…
The U.S. has advised against all travel to China as the number of cases of a worrying new virus has spiked more than tenfold in a week, including the highest death toll in a 24-hour period. The virus has infected almost 10,000 people globally in just two months, a worrying sign of its spread among people that prompted the World…
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Health officials say the U.S. has five confirmed cases of the new pneumonia-like virus from China. Two new confirmed cases were announced Sunday – one in Los Angeles County in California and the other in Arizona. All of the U.S. patients had traveled to Wuhan, the Chinese city that is the center of the outbreak. Other…
