Geneticists said more evidence is needed to determine if a common genetic variation of the virus spreads more easily between people.A transmission electron micrograph of the coronavirus, red, developing in a cell.Credit...Eye of Science/Science SourceJune 12, 2020Updated 1:54 p.m. ETFor months, scientists have debated why one genetic variation of the coronavirus became dominant in many…
May 5, 2020 | 8:37am | Updated May 5, 2020 | 10:42am A mutation in the novel coronavirus mirrors a change that occurred in the genetically similar SARS virus in 2003 — indicating that the bug might be weakening, researchers announced in a newly published study. Lead study author Dr. Efren Lim, an assistant professor…
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…