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About 40 inmates have tested positive for the virus, a spokeswoman says.

The researchers say lockdowns had no noticeable effect on COVID mortality and had a "devastating effect" on economies and social ills.

The Bureau of Prisons said Saturday it was securing all of its facilities as a precautionary measure. The agency did not specify the length of the lockdown, but said it was a temporary measure.

Too much happened in 2020 for Oxford Languages to choose a single word of the year. So they opted for dozens.

The U.S. added more than 1 million cases in the past week. More than 85,000 people are hospitalized. Some states may have no choice but to lock down again. Others are trying a targeted approach.

As colleges across the country see rising coronavirus rates, many campuses have gone into lockdown. Are these lockdowns effective at stopping the spread of the virus?

Florida’s correctional facilities are no longer under lockdown and prisoner visitation has now been restored.