Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Stephen Hahn is “cautiously optimistic” about a safe and effective coronavirus vaccine after promising results on a potential vaccine were published, he told “America’s Newsroom” on Monday.The early results of Oxford University and AstraZeneca’s coronavirus vaccine trial showed “robust” immune system responses, according to the pharmaceutical firm.In the research, scientists said that they found their experimental…
Even as Georgia became the first state to officially reopen some of its businesses, increasingly restive California residents defied lockdown orders to head to the beaches as temperatures hit the 90s. California Gov. Gavin Newsom pleaded for social distancing in any gathering. The state had 115 fatalities from Wednesday to Thursday, with the statewide death…
CLOSE We answer the often searched question: "What are the symptoms of coronavirus versus the flu?" USA TODAYGovernors edged Friday toward relaxing restrictions to combat coronavirus after President Donald Trump released new national guidelines, but they cautioned that testing shortages and other hurdles could hinder progress to revive the economy.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday plans…
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…