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As states across the country take steps toward reopening, public health authorities have emphasized the importance of wearing masks inside stores or other enclosed spaces as a precaution against COVID-19. A majority of Americans report they have followed this guidance all or most of the time in the past month; fewer say all or most of the people in their communities are wearing masks in similar settings, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted June 4-10, 2020. Overall, 65% of U.S. adults say that they have personally worn a mask in stores or other businesses all or most of the time in the past month, while 15% say they did this some of the time. Relatively small shares of adults say they hardly ever (9%) or never (7%) wore a mask in the past month, and 4% say they have not g...

Florida reported 5,511 new coronavirus infections Wednesday, the most ever for single day, and the outlook for the future might be even more sobering. “We have to take this very seriously,” said José Szapocznik, professor of public health at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. “We have a much worse problem now than at any point since the outbreak started in Florida. … We’re in a much worse situation.” The tally Wednesday easily broke the previous record high of 4,049, set just four days ago, continuing a monthlong surge of COVID-19 infections. Only New York State and California appear to have had more new cases than Florida in a single day. New York reported 11,571 cases on April 14, records show. California set a record with 7,149 cases ...

If a person with blood type A transmits the virus to a person with type O blood, the type O person will have antibodies that can fight the virus. People with blood type O have less of a chance of getting COVID-19, according to a number of studies published all over the world during the pandemic. But people with type A might be more vulnerable. After the pandemic broke out, one of the questions that scientists and doctors became puzzled by was why are some people more susceptible to contracting and even succumbing to the disease caused by coronavirus than others? Several studies have researched the link that genetics plays in susceptibility to contracting the virus, and some more specifically have linked the role played by blood type. The studies all came to a similar conclusio...