FDA warns 5 companies selling potentially-dangerous supplements

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning to five companies currently marketing dietary supplements containing cesium chloride in letters posted on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

Billboard calls Trump's Iowa rally a 'COVID superspreader' event

As President Donald Trump's fans head to his campaign stop in Des Moines, Iowa on Wednesday afternoon, they'll pass a large billboard that criticizes the president's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, calling the rally a "superspreader event."

Woman recovers after 31 days on ventilator with COVID-19

Heather-Elizabeth Brown, an Emory University graduate and ordained minister now living in Detroit, was working as a police chaplain in early April of 2020 when she started not feeling well.

City of Milwaukee Health Department offers free flu vaccines

The City of Milwaukee Health Department is offering free flu vaccines starting Thursday, Oct. 15 at two of its drive-thru COVID-19 testing sites.

New drive-thru COVID-19 testing site to open in Kenosha County

A new, drive-thru COVID-19 testing site is coming to Kenosha County beginning Thursday, Oct. 15. There is no charge for this testing.

US Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia's wife tests positive for COVID-19

Doctors have confirmed that U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia's wife, Trish, has tested positive for the novel coronavirus. 

Study: True US COVID-19 death toll likely much higher than reported

Researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University and Yale said there was a 20% increase in U.S. deaths than what was previously expected, but only 65% of those deaths were attributed to the coronavirus.

State Fair care facility opens amid Wisconsin's COVID-19 surge

As a continued surge in COVID-19 cases threatens to overwhelm Wisconsin's 134 hospitals, Gov. Tony Evers activated the alternate care facility.

COVID-19 survivors meet after life-saving plasma donation

On Tuesday, Oct. 13, in a special moment caught on camera, one woman met another whose donated convalescent plasma kept her alive.

Wisconsin DHS: Record 3,279 new COVID-19 cases, 34 deaths

The Wisconsin Department of Health Services on Tuesday reported a record rise in the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths for a single day.

Mitch McConnell slates October revote on GOP COVID-19 relief plan

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says that he’s scheduling a procedural vote on a GOP COVID-19 relief bill for next week.

2020 L.A. Comic Con canceled due to coronavirus pandemic

L.A. Comic Con was officially canceled for 2020 on Tuesday, as organizers finally gave in to the realities of the coronavirus pandemic.

Social Security checks will increase 1.3% in 2021

Social Security recipients will get a modest 1.3% cost-of living-increase in 2021, but that might be small comfort amid worries about the coronavirus and its consequences for older people.