A new lab may help the city process test results within 24-48 hours.The laboratory, on the 12th floor of a building on First Avenue and East 29th Street, is run by a small robotics firm.Credit...Matt Monath PhotographySept. 16, 2020Updated 12:29 p.m. ETAfter months of complaints about testing delays, New York City officials on Thursday are…
New U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines on education and child care come down hard in favor of opening schools, saying children don't suffer much from coronavirus, are less likely than adults to spread it and suffer from being out of school.But the new guidelines posted Thursday do recommend that local officials should…
Dr. Anthony Fauci delivered the first pitch on Opening Day when the Washington Nationals hosted the New York Yankees on Thursday night.The nation's foremost infectious diseases expert, who was wearing a Nationals-themed mask, threw a pitch just outside of the strike zone.Fauci is a big Nationals fan, and it was only fitting that he delivered…
Editors, USA TODAY Published 1:41 a.m. ET July 23, 2020 | Updated 6:37 a.m. ET July 23, 2020CLOSECivil rights icon Rev. C.T. Vivian to be laid to restThe funeral for the Rev. C.T. Vivian, the Baptist minister and close adviser to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., will be held Thursday in a private service…
The Biden campaign wouldn’t disclose the size of the ad buy, saying it was part of a multi-state expenditure that was in the mid-six figures. In a state as massive as Texas, Republicans called the buy a ploy for free media and even Democrats say an ad buy of that size won’t even make a…
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…