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Common respiratory viruses are making a comeback, and a particularly severe flu season could be on the horizon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Friday. Most common respiratory viruses – influenza viruses, common human coronaviruses, rhinoviruses and more – circulated at historically low levels in 2020, likely due to COVID-19 mitigation measures such as wearing face masks and social distancing, the CDC said in its weekly update.  But now, as those measures relax, s...

Closer to have a handle on this thing? >> reporter: pam, far from it. we were on the air a couple of hours ago and at that point the tamarac fire charred more than 59,000 acres. since then it has exploded to more than 65,000 acres. people evacuated, fire crews still battling this blaze. you can ee the impact all around me. take a look from above. you are supposed to be seeing the city of reno. you are supposed to be seeing mountains in the distance. instead, the entire air here blanketed in heav...

Isolation in england. police, fire, border force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join some food workers who can return to work if they test negative after being told to isolate, whether they are vaccinated or not. industry leaders are frustrated by rising staff shortages. it is inadequate and it is late. what we need is the government to realise that we have major problems occurring across all industrial sectors, because people are being pinged and are having to self—isolate h...

Has picked up its first medals — a gold and a silver in thejudo competition. and firefighters are facing ever bigger challenges as blazes spread across the northwestern united states. lightning has partially destroyed two properties in hampshire in south west england as the heatwave comes to an end in some parts of the country. weather warnings are in place across southern england and wales for flooding, hail and strong winds. duncan kennedys report contains some flashing images from the storm...

The undergrowth and foliage that is burning isjust the undergrowth and foliage that is burning is just tender dry. the undergrowth and foliage that is burning isjust tender dry. these are really nightmare conditions for the firefighters and an example of how severe these are the rns some cases creating their own weather systems and that means there is a sequence of events that creates a cloud capable of lightning strikes and this one is generating lightning across northern california and that ca...

It sounds like something crashing through the forest. >> reporter: this is the view from underneath the intense skies created by the bootleg fire. just as firefighter eric west was pulled back for safety. is there any fear in it or adrenaline kicks in? >> adrenaline sure, yeah. if you have fear of this, this isnt the job for you. >> reporter: more humid air and wind shifts are helping firefighters up the containment levels. but the ground is so dry, the fire is still not under control. you can s...

To daily testing. our business correspondent simon browning reports. as the days pass, the list grows of key workers who qualify for exemption from covid isolation in england. police, fire, border force, transport and freight staff will now be able to join some food workers who can return to work if they test negative after being told to isolate — whether they are vaccinated or not. industry leaders are frustrated by rising staff shortages. its inadequate and its late. what we need is the gove...

By Sarah Tate Photo: Getty Images Much of North Carolina is under an Air Quality Alert due to the smoke from the wildfires around the western part of the United States, which is expected to last for several days, per On Thursday (July 22), the air quality was so hazy that a Code Orange alert was issued for most of the state, an alert which an official with the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality described as "rare," according to WRAL. The last Code Orange linked to "fine parti...

How an Oregon Blaze Became the Nations Largest Fire Sergio Olmos, Henry Fountain and Simon Romero © USDA Forest Service , via Getty Images The fire burning in Bly last week, in a photo from the U.S. Forest Service. BLY, Ore. — Smoke smeared the sky gray. A tractor-style logging machine sat abandoned and charred in a field. Hundreds of firefighters raced across miles and miles of forest land, often outnumbering the populations of the small towns that speckle southern Oregon....

Fremont-Winema National Forest A portion of the Black Hills Ecosystem Restoration Project Area, an area where fuels reduction treatments were previously implemented, shows the effects of low-intensity fire an limited damage in the wake of the Bootleg Fire Years of hard work have paid off, officials say BLY, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The Bootleg Fire started on the Chiloquin Ranger District of the Fremont-Winema National Forest on Tuesday, July 6. The lightning-sparked fire was first reported as a "small...