A San Jose, California woman is now believed to be the first U.S. death from the novel coronavirus, according to new autopsy results. Patricia Dowd, 57, died on Feb. 6, more than two weeks before a death in Washington on Feb. 29 was considered the first coronavirus-related death in the U.S. Santa Clara County also…
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Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A California woman whose death in early February is now said to be the first known COVID-19 fatality in the U.S. did not show any signs of the virus before dying, her father claims.“There were no symptoms, nothing,” the father of Patricia…
Patricia Dowd died at home on February 6 in Santa Clara CountyThe first COVID-19 death in America was that of a seemingly healthy 57-year-old woman who died three weeks before the first fatality was officially recorded. Patricia Dowd died at home on February 6 in Santa Clara County, which takes in San Jose and is just…
Andrea Perez Balderrama, Detroit Free Press Published 1:51 p.m. ET April 23, 2020 | Updated 2:05 p.m. ET April 23, 2020CLOSE Atlanta Humane Society closed its doors to the public due to coronavirus, but these shelter pets are still getting lots of love and attention. USA TODAYThe first pets in the United States have tested positive…
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…