Published: June 27, 2020 at 11:03 a.m. ET A slew of studies examine the role of COVID-19’s contagiousness A runner jogs along the seawall in Galveston, Texas. Social-distancing measures do not take into account the potential aerodynamic effects introduced by a person’s movement, such as walking fast, running and cycling, researchers say. Getty Images There’s…
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…