CLOSE President Donald Trump said Monday he is taking the anti-malaria drug despite warnings about its effectiveness. USA TODAYPresident Donald Trump told reporters he is taking the unproven drug hydroxychloroquine as part of his personal fight against the coronavirus, for which he has tested negative, despite warnings from his own government that it should only…
(Reuters) - The number of COVID-19 cases in the United States exceeded 1.5 million on Monday, as total deaths caused by the new coronavirus approached 90,000, according to a Reuters tally of state and county figures. FILE PHOTO: People try to keep social distance as they enjoy a warm day during the outbreak of the…
The record shows that the first confirmed U.S. case of the novel coronavirus was Jan. 21 in Snohomish County, Washington, but not even the county health officer believes that anymore, calling it “clearly false.” The county has found two “probable” cases of COVID-19 that date back to December, marking what may be the first time…
State governments crafted plans behind closed doors for how health care facilities must allocate life-sustaining treatment in a doomsday COVID-19 scenario, raising alarm that bureaucrats will decide who lives and who dies. Crisis standards of care in some states have scoring systems and a “lottery” to determine who would win medical treatment and who would…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A judge in Oregon on Monday ruled that Gov. Kate Brown’s coronavirus restrictions were “null and void” after the Democratic lawmaker failed to have her emergency orders approved by the state’s legislature in 28 days.Baker County Circuit Judge Matthew Shirtcliff made the…
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…