Fifteen children in New York City have been hospitalized with an unknown illness that may be linked to the coronavirus, according to health officials.All of the patients — who range in age from 2 to 15 — have fevers. More than half reported having a rash, abdominal pain, vomiting, or diarrhea, an alert from the…
What’s the story with Kim Jong Un?The North Korean leader missed a high-profile public appearance earlier this month -- and then murky, unverified reports emerged about his health.On Tuesday, North Korea’s leader was reportedly recovering from a cardiovascular procedure, according to South Korean media.But specific details about his condition are unclear and unverified -- and North…
There's a story a few days ago that Patricia Dowd, a woman in Santa Clara County, Calif., who died on February 6, died of COVID-19, making hers the first COVID-19 death in the U.S.While the impeccable public health reporting of the Daily Mail and the New York Post — among others — is claiming that…
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…