New York Daily News | Apr 24, 2020 | 10:21 PM The survey was conducted even before protests, like this one in Minnesota, asked government officials to "reopen" the economy. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)(Jim Mone/AP) Nearly 1 in 3 Americans believe a coronavirus vaccine exists and is being withheld from the public, according to a USA…
in partnership with USA Today. "To see about a third of people give that some level of, 'Yeah, that might be true,' that was pretty shocking to me," said Robert Griffin, the research director at the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group. "That's a pretty dark type of thought to be floating around the public."While there…
Published: April 24, 2020 at 11:03 a.m. ET Poison control centers across the U.S. saw a 20% increase in calls last month compared to 2019. The FDA and poison control experts warn Americans not to use cleaning products meant for surfaces on fruits and vegetables. Getty Images/iStockphoto Shortages of cleaning supplies amid the coronavirus pandemic…
A person wearing a face mask walks down a mostly empty Michigan Avenue in Chicago Thursday. In all major political groups, most people say they support shelter-in-place orders to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recent poll. Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images A person wearing a face mask walks…
the result of the coronavirus has significantly altered the understanding of how early the virus may have been circulating in this country. Researchers now believe that hidden outbreaks were creeping through cities like Chicago, New York, Seattle and Boston in January and February, earlier than previously known.The new timeline has lent credence to a question…
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…