By Kate KellandLONDON (Reuters) - Scientists warned on Wednesday of a potential wave of coronavirus-related brain damage as new evidence suggested COVID-19 can lead to severe neurological complications, including inflammation, psychosis and delirium.A study by researchers at University College London (UCL)described 43 cases of patients with COVID-19 who suffered either temporary brain dysfunction, strokes, nerve…
Updated: Tue 5:59 PM, Jul 07, 2020 NIXA, Mo. -- A lifeguard at The X Center pool in Nixa, Mo. tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Christian County Health Department, the risk of potential exposure to the public is low, as the infected lifeguard worked outdoors in a lifeguard station and did not work…
Michigan virus cases top 63,000 A virus (WDIV)ROYAL OAK, Mich. – Three people who tested positive for COVID-19 reported being at Fifth Avenue Royal Oak on June 19 during the evening, prior to the start of their symptoms.The COVID-19 potential exposure was identified through case investigations conducted by the Oakland County Health Division. The individuals…
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Click here to read the full article.If healthcare workers wear surgical masks, there is good evidence that it limits the spread of respiratory viral infections in hospitals. But there is no clear evidence that surgical masks protect members of the public from getting or passing on these sorts of infections – most likely because of…
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…