The new coronavirus in Arizona A sunrise of hope. The number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 grows every day in the state with 116,892 cases and 2,082 deaths in Arizona as of July 10, 2020. Nick Oza/The Republic The new coronavirus in Arizona People wait in their cars for a COVID-19 test at a drive-through…
IVAN COURONNE, AFP 3 JULY 2020 The genetic variation of the novel coronavirus that dominates the world today infects human cells more readily than the original that emerged in China, according to a new study published in the journal Cell on Thursday. The lab-based research suggests this current mutation is more transmissible between people in…
A mutated version of the coronavirus that has gripped Europe and the West is more infectious because it doesn't break as often while inside the body, a study has found.Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute in Florida say the 'spike protein' that the virus uses to attach to cells in the airways has adapted since…
A form of the novel coronavirus which has become the dominant type in much of the world may have done so thanks to a mutation that allows it to better latch onto human hosts’ cells, new research indicates. Lab tests performed by US-based Scripps Research, in a study which has not yet been peer-reviewed, showed…
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…