Fox News Flash top headlines for September 22 Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is discouraging Americans from participating in traditional trick-or-treating and indoor costume parties this year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. However, if trick-or-treaters end up hitting the streets, […]
Hong Kong begins mass-testing for virus amid public doubts
Hong Kong tested thousands of people for coronavirus Tuesday at the start of a mass-testing effort that’s become another political flash point in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Volunteers stood in lines at some of the more than 100 testing centers, though many residents are distrustful over the resources and staff being provided by China’s central […]
Premature births fell by as much as 90% amid coronavirus lockdowns
Rate of very premature births falls by as much as 90% during coronavirus lockdowns in some countries – as baffled scientists suggest reduced stress and declining air pollution could be the cause Doctors in multiple countries noticed NICUs were conspicuously empty amid coronavirus lockdowns in the first several months of the pandemic An Irish study […]
Mexico City begins reopening amid high coronavirus case load
Mexico City began allowing more businesses to reopen Monday, after almost three months of various types of lockdowns. Some city subway stations that had been closed to reduce ridership reopened. The city’s metro system plans to distribute 1 million plastic face shields to passengers to lower the risk of infection on mass transportation. Mexico City […]
Here’s what office life could look like amid COVID-19, according to new CDC guidelines
Say goodbye to the office water cooler — U.S. offices that reopen this year will likely undergo substantial changes to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to new guidelines released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The guidelines recommend offices take a number of steps to help keep workers safe. These include […]
Gloves and masks litter Middle East amid virus panic
While walking in Beirut during the coronavirus lockdown recently, Omar Frangieh was struck by the number of face masks and gloves littering the Lebanese capital. The photographer, concerned that contaminated waste could itself transmit the disease, took 200 photos of discarded personal protective equipment and posted them in a Facebook album he titled “Invaders in […]
Poison control sees spike in calls for cleaner, disinfectant accidents amid COVID-19 pandemic
Calls to poison control centers regarding exposure to household cleaners and disinfectants have spiked amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report. The report authors found that, from January to March this year, poison control centers received 45,550 calls related to cleaner and disinfectant exposure. That’s up 20% compared with calls over the same […]
A College Student's Dad Locked Him Out of the House After He Went on Spring Break Amid Pandemic
As the novel coronavirus and the ensuing lockdown spread around the world, people are having to make hard choices. For one father in Nanuet, NY, according to the New York Post, that meant turning away his spring-breaking son out of concern the boy might have brought the virus home with him. Matt Levine is a […]
Child evacuated to US amid coronavirus is hospitalized with fever
Child evacuated from Wuhan amid Chinese coronavirus outbreak is hospitalized with a fever after being quarantined in California A child who was among the 195 Americans evacuated from Wuhan has been hospitalized with a fever in Riverside, California, officials there said The passengers were placed under a federally ordered 14-day quarantine, the first of its […]