It is a snapshot of a transitional moment in the pandemic and captures the patchwork nature across the country of covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. Some states have had little viral spread or “crushed the curve” to a great degree and have some wiggle room to reopen their economies without generating a new…
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It is a snapshot of a transitional moment in the pandemic and captures the patchwork nature across the country of covid-19, the disease caused by the virus. Some states have had little viral spread or “crushed the curve” to a great degree and have some wiggle room to reopen their economies without generating a new…
The thing about hamsters is: They’re not people! Also, the hamsters didn’t actually wear the masks. Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Getty Images Plus. This is an entry in Viral Studies, a Slate series in which we break down recent viral articles and—most importantly—their caveats. Hamsters might reasonably use surgical masks as room dividers…
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- A new antibody study of Los Angeles County suggests that hundreds of thousands of people may have been infected with the coronavirus without developing symptoms.Researchers with USC in April tested the blood of 863 LA County residents. The results were analyzed and published this week in the Journal of the American…
A new study suggests the number of Americans who will die after contracting the novel coronavirus is likely to more than triple by the end of the year, even if current social distancing habits continue for months on end.The study, conducted by the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy and Economics Institute at the University of Washington's…
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…