Research shows there are more COVID-19 cases as temperature and humidity fall. A recent study points to more severe cases in cold and dry weather. Do these findings suggest COVID-19 is seasonal? Experts disagree.Share on PinterestSome research suggests COVID-19 may be more prominent in cooler temperatures.Why are these findings so controversial, and why has the…
More than 150,000 people in the United States — nearly 4,000 of them in Georgia — have died from COVID-19, making the need for a vaccine urgent.ExploreCoronavirus in Georgia: COVID-19 dashboardResearchers from Emory University are working with a team to create a COVID-19 vaccine. Although their vaccine has showed positive results, more work is needed…
(CNN)Unemployed Americans would see a big cut in benefits but no incentive bonus to return to work, under a bill unveiled by Senate Republicans on Monday. The change would most greatly affect low-in…
matterNew studies show that people with Type A blood are not at greater risk of getting sick, as previous studies had suggested.Credit...Chamila Karunarathne/EPA, via ShutterstockJuly 15, 2020, 10:19 a.m. ETEarly in the Covid-19 pandemic, researchers found preliminary evidence suggesting that people’s blood type might be an important risk factor — both for being infected by…
Recent studies have suggested that people's blood types may affect their risk of contracting the COVID-19 virus or developing a serious case of the disease. Overall, the findings indicate that people with Type O blood seem to be more protected and that those with Type A appear more vulnerable.So does that mean some people can…
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…