Welcome to our weekly roundup of developments in the coronavirus pandemic that continues to sweep around the world. As more vaccine trials swung into action and the unequal burden of deaths became clear, governments came under fresh fire to rekindle their ailing economies. More vaccine trials start as drug hope fadesThe first shots of an…
By: Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: April 22, 2020 9:38:40 am People wearing face masks walk in front of a billboard reading “it is everyone’s responsibility to control the spread of disease” at a public park in Beijing on April 21. (Photo: AP)Coronavirus (COVID-19): In a recent paper, Chinese researchers have talked about…
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…