Across the US, Americans are anxious to learn whether they may have been infected with the coronavirus which they hope would offer some immunity going forward. In New York, researchers found that nea…
Months into the coronavirus outbreak, no one really knows how well many of the screening tests work, and experts at top medical centers say it is time to do the studies to find out.When the new virus began spreading, the Food and Drug Administration used its emergency powers to OK scores of quickly devised tests,…
By Eric Ting, SFGATE Published 12:48 pm PDT, Wednesday, May 6, 2020 UCSF scientists process COVID-19 test samples at a new UCSF diagnostic laboratory adjacent to the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub (CZ Biohub) on Friday, April 24, 2020, in San Francisco. UCSF scientists process COVID-19 test samples at a new UCSF diagnostic laboratory adjacent to the Chan…
Coronavirus antibody testing is supposed to tell who's been exposed to the virus, but questions have risen about how accurate they are and how much protection those antibodies provide. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization is warning officials that they should not use these tests to provide so-called "immunity passports." Finding out who has been exposed…
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…