New research suggests that in the United States, around 35% of excess deaths during the early phase of the pandemic were not directly caused by COVID-19.Share on PinterestA recent study asks if experts may have underestimated the COVID-19 death toll.A new study has found that in the U.S., up to 35% of excess deaths during…
The number of people who died in the early weeks of the pandemic's grip on the US far exceeded what would be expected in a normal year - and nearly doubled the number of coronavirus deaths counted by early April, new research reveals. Between March 1 and April 4 of this year, there were 15,400 'excess…
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…