VIENNA — Social isolation is a word on the tip of everyone’s tongues these days. Staying away from others during this pandemic is keeping us safe, but a new study finds that prolonged social isolation is also quite dangerous. Researchers warn that socially isolated people are over 40% more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke,…
Editors, USA TODAY Published 3:00 a.m. ET May 11, 2020 | Updated 6:16 a.m. ET May 11, 2020CLOSEPence plans to be at the White House on MondayVice President Mike Pence is not self-isolating and plans to be back at work in the White House on Monday, his spokesman said. The statement came after Bloomberg reported…
So when are we going to get out of the house?We all want to get back to our lives, go to work and shop for groceries without fear. We want to return to the gym, or the pool, restore our postponed appointments and worship on the weekends. Most important, we want to rip off those…
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…