What the CDC says you should do if you believe you have coronavirus (COVID-19)Person-to-person spreadThe virus is thought to spread mainly from person-to-person.Between people who are in close contact with one another (within about 6 feet).Through respiratory droplets produced when an infected person coughs or sneezes.These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of…
A Michigan prison that's emerged as a hotspot for coronavirus cases has a rate of infection that exceeds jail systems in New York City and Chicago, both of which have garnered national attention as large sources of the outbreak. At Parnall Correctional Facility near Jackson, 10% of prisoners and 21% of staff have tested positive for COVID-19,…
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…