A new study is presenting surprising findings about COVID-19 and which factors play the biggest role in how severe the disease is for some people.With New York being the epicenter for the virus in the U.S., researchers from the state's largest health care system moved quickly to document findings that would help others identify and…
More than 85 percent of those placed on ventilators in New York's largest hospital system due to coronavirus symptoms later died from the disease, a study has found.CNN reported Thursday that a study from researchers at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research and Northwell Health, which employs more than 68,000 people in the state, found that the overall…
Most Americans are opposed to protests against stay-at-home orders and other coronavirus pandemic lockdown measures, according to a new poll.The latest survey by Yahoo! News and YouGov found that 60 percent of the U.S. public opposed protesters calling for an immediate end to social distancing measures and stay-at-home orders designed to protect public safety.Less than…
William Cummings, USA TODAY Published 5:56 p.m. ET April 19, 2020 CLOSE President Trump and Coronavirus Task Force Response Coordinator Deborah Birx lay out their plan to reopen the United States in three phases. USA TODAYAlthough protesters in several states have demonstrated in recent days against social distancing measures aimed at slowing the spread of…
A sign overhead on a highway reminds drivers to "Stay home, limit travel, save lives" in Monroe, Wash. | Elaine Thompson/AP Photo Almost 60 percent of American voters are worried that lifting restrictions too soon will lead to a spike in coronavirus cases and deaths. According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Sunday,…
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…