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Daily case rates have doubled in California over the past 10 days, causing California’s Governor, Gavin Newsom to put nearly all of California back into the strictest reopening tier. The new restrictions come as the rest of the US is seeing new daily records and as the number of total cases in the…

U.S. cases hit a daily record of 68,767 over a 7-day average on Sunday. On the same day, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows stated that the U.S. was no longer going to control the pandemic but instead focus on a vaccine or therapeutic to manage the pandemic. This comes after Washington’s…

Early Sunday afternoon, much of Northern California is red-flagged for fire danger with strong winds gusting up to 90 mph in some areas and extremely dry air. Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) has shut off power for more than 355,000 households and business in 34 different counties with some…

Amongst all the havoc that Hurrican Sally has wreaked last week, there is some good news. The public health department in Mobile County (Alabama)  has reported a decrease in COVID-19 cases which they believe the hurricane may have played a role in. Dr. Scott Chavers with the Mobile County Health…

A 26-year-old American woman that works in a hotel that serves the US military in Germany has been accused by German authorities for causing an outbreak in the Bavarian town, Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The woman reported symptoms of the virus following a trip to Greece but refused to quarantine until…

As of last week, 11,000 lightning strikes sparked over 370 individuals fires throughout California, killing 5. With fire crews fighting these fires shorthanded due to COVID-19, these fires continue to burn through thousands of acres per day, putting more individuals at risk for evacuation. This has…

With Tropical Storm Marco and Hurricane Laura (Category 4) both brewing in the Gulf at the same time, a historical first, the city of New Orleans was faced with a dual crisis. Unlike any previous hurricane, city leaders had to figure out a way to evacuate citizens while abiding by the social…

During the 15th-16th centuries, the UK was undergoing a surprisingly familiar situation to what the US is going through now. A mysterious sickness known as “the sweat” was tearing through European nations and much like how the US is responding to the current COVID-19 pandemic, the UK was struggling…