The toilet plume hasn’t been definitively linked to any illness, but a new study shows that flushing a toilet in a public restroom may increase your risk of being exposed to aerosolized particles containing SARS-CoV-2. (KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images)As if going out in public isn’t anxiety-provoking enough for many people these days, a new…
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…