LOS ANGELES — Masks are necessary to combat America’s resurgent coronavirus pandemic. But at this point, they may no longer be enough. Patterns that have emerged in countries that are faring much better than the United States suggest we won’t bring the virus to heel until we start locking down hot spots as well.On Wednesday, Dr.…
A Florida father is hospitalized with the coronavirus and was on a ventilator after apparently getting infected by his 21-year-old son who went out with friends, the father's wife says.John Pace, 42, of Plantation, about six miles west of Fort Lauderdale, fell ill the day after Father's Day, his wife, Michelle Zymet, said in a…
Associated Press | Jul 17, 2020 at 7:23 AM In this undated photo provided by Michelle Zymet, Zymet, right, is surrounded by her husband John Place and their daughter Cyann. Place, a Florida businessman is fighting COVID-19 at a hospital intensive care unit after likely being infected by his son. The spread of the illness…
CLOSE At least half of all states have paused reopening or taken new measures to combat growing COVID-19 case numbers. USA TODAYA day after Georgia's governor extended coronavirus restrictions, Gov. Brian Kemp filed a lawsuit against the Atlanta City Council and the mayor to block the city from enforcing its face mask mandate."This lawsuit is on behalf…
Oak Creek, Hales Corners, Brown Deer and the border of West Allis and West Milwaukee are some of the COVID "hot spots" Coronavirus surges in the suburbs Oak Creek, Hales Corners, Brown Deer and the border of West Allis and West Milwaukee are some of the COVID "hot spots" Hide Transcript Show Transcript JOYCE: 12…
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…