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The U.S. has had another record day of coronavirus cases, and states are going to get less of a new vaccine than they originally expected.

A former San Diego High School teacher who sexually and physically assaulted an underage student for more than a year and threatened her to dismember her if she told anyone about the abuse was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in state prison.

Black America today is facing not just one crisis, but a convergence. African-Americans have been hit harder by the virus and job losses. And there's systemic racism and discrimination.

The scientists' work led to a test to protect blood transfusion recipients from hepatitis C and drugs to treat the infection that have saved millions of lives, according to the Nobel Assembly.

Why are numbers so high in the region? Public health officials point to a number of underlying problems that let the coronavirus run amok.

Epidemiologist Michael Osterholm warns that the threat from the pandemic is ongoing. "We will all know somebody — we will all love somebody — who will die from this disease," he says.

To get a new drug for postpartum depression, some insurers want women to try other drugs first and even electroconvulsive therapy. It could be a test for California's new mental health parity law.

Once the pandemic began, many countries prevented crew members from leaving ships. Some ended up trapped at sea for more than a year. Maritime organizations are pushing for more seafarer protections.

To get a new drug for postpartum depression, some insurers want women to try other drugs first and even electroconvulsive therapy. It could be a test for California's new mental health parity law.

San Diego County health officials have reported 269 new COVID-19 infections and two new deaths, bringing the case total to 54,583 and raising the death toll to 870.