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Fox News Flash top headlines for September 10 The number of coronavirus-related deaths in the United States hit another somber milestone on Thursday, with some 190,000 lives lost, according to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University. The number of deaths in the United States associated with COVID-19 infections is 191,168, according to Johns Hopkins CSSE data. That number

Vaping by U.S. teenagers fell dramatically this year, especially among middle schoolers, according to a federal report released Wednesday. Experts think last year’s outbreak of vaping related illnesses and deaths may have scared off some kids, but they believe other factors contributed to the drop, including higher age limits and flavor bans. In a national

Bill Gates on his 2015 ‘virus’ warning, efforts to fight coronavirus pandemic Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, chair and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, joins Chris Wallace on ‘Fox News Sunday.’ Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Tuesday said the United States fumbled its coronavirus response in part because "we believe in freedom." The billionaire's comments

Credit: CC0 Public Domain The US on Tuesday added 1,302 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. The world’s largest economy also added 53,847 new cases of the virus, the Baltimore-based institution’s tracker showed at 8:30 pm (0030 GMT Wednesday). The US has now recorded 4,765,170

When people are highly confident in a decision, they take in information that confirms their decision, but fail to process information which contradicts it, finds a UCL brain imaging study. The study, published in Nature Communications, helps to explain the neural processes that contribute to the confirmation bias entrenched in most people’s thought processes. Lead

I think we can all agree there is a lot of uncertainty at the moment.  Like many people, I watched Boris Johnson announce his action plan for getting out of lockdown last week with a puzzled look on my face.  This confusion turned to frustration when the following day he shared a document, which stated

Analyzing the kitchens of celebrities via their videos, stories, and snaps amid this quarantine is basically our new favorite sport. What brands do they eat? What are their favorite snacks? What flour do they use to bake with? These are the types of very-important questions we need answered as we spend a record amount of

Traffic got a little busier along Main Street, but otherwise, it was hard to tell that coronavirus restrictions were ending in the tiny Montana town of Roundup. That’s because it’s largely business as usual in the town of 1,800 people. Nonessential stores could reopen as a statewide shutdown ended this week, but most shops in

US governors on Sunday appealed to the White House for a national strategy against the fast-spreading coronavirus, as deaths surged and health authorities warned the coming week could resemble a “Pearl Harbor moment.” The US death toll was creeping toward the grim milestone of 10,000 as the pandemic’s epicenter in New York racked up hundreds

The number of deaths in the United States from coronavirus has surpassed those reported by China, where the pandemic began in December, according to a toll published on Tuesday by Johns Hopkins University. There have been 3,415 deaths in the US from the virus, the Baltimore-based university said, more than the 3,309 reported officially in

US President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in what critics say was a long-delayed admission of the gravity of the coronavirus crisis that has triggered the shutdown of schools, sporting events, offices and travel in the world’s richest country. Trump’s declaration Friday frees up some $40 billion in disaster relief funds for local authorities.

The US Federal Reserve on Tuesday led the global charge in response to the growing economic risk posed by the new coronavirus, announcing an emergency interest rate cut after the UN health agency said the world has entered “uncharted territory.” But the Fed’s stimulus, which came hours after the Group of Seven finance ministers and

You may sometimes have felt like you “have come down with a virus,” meaning that you became sick from being exposed to something that could have been a virus. In fact, you have a virus—actually, many—all the time. Some viruses cause the common cold, and some are crucial to human survival. New viruses can also

The United States and several other nations prepared Tuesday to airlift citizens out of a Chinese city at the center of a virus outbreak that has killed more than 100 people. Hong Kong’s leader said it will cut all rail links to mainland China and halve the number of flights as authorities in China and

Federal authorities will begin screening airline travelers arriving from Wuhan, China, for signs that they may be infected with a new coronavirus that is spreading in Asia, officials announced Friday. Passengers flying into Los Angeles International Airport, San Francisco International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York will be examined for the

A 2 degrees Celsius rise in temperatures could result in around 2,100 additional deaths from injuries every year in the United States. This is the finding of research from Imperial College London, Columbia University and Harvard University, published in the journal Nature Medicine. In the study, funded by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the

E-cigarettes increase the risk for chronic lung diseases. In connection with normal cigarettes you are not able to increase it by more than three-fold in comparison to non-smokers. The American researchers found now. One way to reduce the risk, however, there are also. Not just normal cigarettes, E-cigarettes increase the risk for lung diseases such

U.S. health regulators approved a second drug for a debilitating form of muscular dystrophy, a surprise decision after the medication was rejected for safety concerns just four months ago. The ruling marks the second time the Food and Drug Administration has granted preliminary approval for the disease based on early results and is likely to

Kuwaiti toddler born with benign tumor between her eyes that grew to partially block her vision undergoes life-changing surgery in the US Noor Nunez, one, from Kuwait, was born with a hemangioma, a benign tumor made up of blood vessels that gather under skin  When she was an infant, it was merely a small scratch but,

Fox News Flash top headlines for Dec. 4 Fox News Flash top headlines for Dec. 4 are here. Check out what’s clicking on Foxnews.com A 1-year-old in Kuwait who was subject to stares and rude comments because of a large growth in between her eyes has had her life dramatically transformed thanks to a surgeon