(Reuters) - Scientists are baffled by how the coronavirus attacks the body - killing many patients while barely affecting others. FILE PHOTO: A member of the French Civil Protection service measures blood pressure of a man suspected of being infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as its spread continues, in Paris, France, April 5, 2020.…
HOUSTON >> Secrecy surrounding executions could hinder efforts by a group of medical professionals who are asking the nation’s death penalty states for medications used in lethal injections so that they can go to coronavirus patients who are on ventilators, according to a death penalty expert and a doctor who’s behind the request. In a…
CONNOR BAMFORD, THE CONVERSATION 17 APRIL 2020 As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread across the world, killing thousands and bringing economies to their knees, doctors, scientists and governments are on the lookout for safe and effective treatments to help those who are sick. And yet a large issue with COVID-19 is that there is,…
Share on PinterestExperts are looking to keep patients with COVID-19 off ventilators if possible.. Getty ImagesIn some people with COVID-19, an overreaction of their immune system can damage their lungs. An anti-inflammatory drug may help reduce this damage and keep them off a ventilator.The Food and Drug Administration has also given the green light to…
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…