TOPLINE In a scathing editorial published this week, The Lancet, one of the world's most respected medical journals, harshly criticized the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic and suggested that Americans should look for new leadership during the upcoming election. WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 14: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on his…
Washington — One of the leading models for measuring the impact of the coronavirus is now projecting a total of 137,184 cumulative COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. through the beginning of August, an increase of roughly 2,700 deaths from its previous forecast May 4.Christopher Murray, the director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation…
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…