Maryland malls, school buildings and casinos are set to reopen this week as key metrics guiding officials’ response to the coronavirus pandemic continue to trend downward. In tweet threads, op-ed articles and television appearances, medical professionals have cautioned Marylanders against accepting the turnaround as evidence of an abating pandemic. Still, no vaccine exists and much…
Maryland officials reported a decline in current hospitalizations for the coronavirus Thursday, bringing the state to 14 straight days where the count of current patients declined from the prior day. There were 955 hospitalizations reported Wednesday, 15 fewer than Tuesday. Since 1,707 patients were reported hospitalized May 6, Maryland’s number of patients has dropped 44%…
Baltimore Sun | May 23, 2020 | 3:12 PM Maryland has confirmed 1,071 new cases of COVID-19 since Friday, officials announced Saturday morning, as the number of hospitalizations again declined. State officials also announced 38 more people died due to complications from the disease, bringing the state’s total to 2,130 fatalities. In addition, officials say,…
Maryland confirmed 958 new cases of the coronavirus Monday and 27 more people died due to complications from the illness since Sunday, briging the state’s totals to 39,762 cases and 1,903 fatalities. In addition, 120 people more have probably died due to the disease or complications of it, but are awaiting laboratory results to confirm…
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…