Washington, DC - The United States Senate on Tuesday approved legislation worth $484bn to provide funding for a small business jobs programme, hospitals overrun by the coronavirus outbreak, and a national testing impetus to help tamp down the pandemic. The Senate bill, agreed to in advance by the White House, allocates $25bn for a testing…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. Russian President Vladimir Putin is up the creek without a paddle and for the first time it looks like he might know it.The ex-KGB agent-turned Russian leader with a penchant for marginalizing anyone who gets in his way had all but shored…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. President Trump is acting properly and justifiably to temporarily suspend immigration to the U.S. for at least 60 days in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. He announced the action in a tweet Monday night and elaborated Tuesday on the…
Share on PinterestAccording to a recent study, paper towels remove viruses more effectively than jet dryers. Hand washing is a vital tool in the fight against COVID-19. Scientists have demonstrated that a good hand washing regimen can significantly slow the progress of an outbreak.However, there is more than one way to clean your hands, and…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…