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First coronavirus death in three weeks, DoD reports

An eighth contractor died of complications over the weekend.

By Meghann Myers

4 years ago

Cmdr. Brianna Rupp, a preventative medicine physician from the Navy and Marine Corps Public Health Center, takes a survey from a U.S. sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) on April 22, 2020, in Apra, Guam, as part of a public health outbreak investigation.

Navy COVID-19 cases pass 2,000 as military cases continue to rise

The military is on track to surpass 5,000 cases overall in the next few days.

By Meghann Myers

4 years ago

Defense Department’s COVID-19 cases pass 5,000

The department's death toll has reached 17.

By Meghann Myers

4 years ago

The military has been averaging more than 100 new troops a day with COVID-19

More than 100 troops are coming back positive every day, despite mostly limiting testing to symptomatic service members.

By Meghann Myers

4 years ago

Child at March Air Reserve Base quarantine hospitalized with fever

CDC officials said they expect the number of cases of the virus, which originated in Wuhan, China, to grow.

By Patricia Kime

4 years ago

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