A waiter takes an order at an outdoor terrace of a restaurant in Lebanon. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir Mohamed Azakir/Reuters The risk of catching the coronavirus by venturing out of your house is not all or nothing. We spoke to Dr. Susan Hassig, an epidemiologist at Tulane University, to find out which activities are not too risky, and…
Some Americans are pushing herd immunity as a way to reopen the economy in the US. The concept of herd immunity is to stop the transmission of a virus through mass infection — the more people who have antibodies, the quicker mass immunity to the virus will be reached.But it remains unknown if there's long-term immunity…
TOPLINE An FBI investigation into allegations of insider trading by a sitting Senator has reignited fierce debate over insider trading in Washington, but what does that actually mean? Here’s what you need to know. U.S. Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), Chairman of Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, leaves affter a ... [+] vote at the U.S.…
A recent study conducted by the University of Glasgow's researchers found that COVID-19 patients might have lasting health impacts.In fact, an average male can lose about 13 years of his life, and a female 11 years, the study noted. Researchers leveraged data provided by the World Health Organization and calculated the average time a person…
Research indicates that infected travelers from New York transmitted nearly 65% of new coronavirus cases across the US, according to The New York Times.The genetic signature of the strain of the virus prevalent in New York connect it to outbreaks in Europe, while the infections in Washington state were linked to China, scientists found.Enforcing stay-at-home…
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…