A new study from researchers at Trinity College Dublin has hypothesized that vitamin D deficiency may be linked to higher mortality rates from COVID-19. Published in the Irish Medical Journal, the report analyzed vitamin D levels of older people in countries heavily affected by the coronavirus and found that places with high death rates from COVID-19,…
High levels of the protein suPAR in the blood of a person with COVID-19 may be a predictor of a more severe disease course.Share on PinterestThe presence of the protein suPAR in a person’s blood may help researchers pinpoint who is at higher risk of severe COVID-19.A new study suggests that the protein soluble urokinase…
People walking along a closed street in East End Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, US [Eduardo Munoz/Reuters] New York City's toll from the coronavirus may be thousands of fatalities higher than the official tally kept by the city and state, according to an analysis released Monday by the US Centers for…
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a meeting with Texas Governor Greg Abbott about coronavirus disease (COVID-19) response in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, May 7, 2020.Tom Brenner | ReutersAnother study shows that hydroxychloroquine — a drug President Donald Trump said showed promise in treating the coronavirus — appears to…
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…