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It's the first confirmed case, but baby is OK

Researchers said the case strongly suggests that Covid-19 can be transmitted in utero. Both the mother and baby have recovered.

The news comes about one week after officials in China announced​ a suspected bubonic plague case.

The majority of the cases are among people between the ages of 15 and 25 years who went to or came in contact with someone who went to a house party in Saline.

The Washtenaw County Health Department says 43 coronavirus cases are associated with a large house party held outside Ann Arbor nearly two weeks ago, with most of those infected being between the ages of 15 and 25. Tracers identified 66 “exposed close contacts” outside family members in the people’s immediate households — those who had face-to-face contact with a COVID-19-positive individual for at least 15 minutes. The party was held in the Saline area.

An official in rural Perry County notices more people without masks, worries respect for the disease is waning.

Doctors in France have described what they said was the first confirmed case of a newborn infected in the womb with COVID-19 by the mother. The baby boy, born in March, suffered brain swelling and neurological symptoms linked to COVID-19 in adults, but has since recovered, they reported Tuesday in the

Moderna will begin its late-stage trial testing a potential vaccine to prevent Covid-19 on July 27, according to a posting published Tuesday on ClinicalTrials.gov. The trial will enroll 30,000 participants, according to the website. Moderna's experimental vaccine contains genetic material called messenger RNA, or mRNA. The mRNA is a genetic code that tells cells what to build — in this case, an antigen that may induce an immune response to the...

At the international AIDS conference last week — held virtually — concerns were shared about the impact of the novel coronavirus on efforts to fight AIDS.

A squirrel in Colorado has tested positive for the bubonic plague, also known as "Black Death," according to local health authorities.

The novel coronavirus pandemic has now killed more than 573,000 people worldwide.Over 13 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University

NEWTON, Kan. (KSNW) – The Harvey County Health Department has confirmed the death of a Harvey County man attributed to COVID-19. The resident, a man in his 70s, had been hospitalized with COV…

The expected announcement means officials will not allow some of the city’s most iconic events to proceed, including the Broad Street Run and Thanksgiving Day parade.

Doctors and nurses, who watched COVID-19 hit New York City hard, are concerned about what's next for their communities.