NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several U.S. hospitals in states with fresh surges of COVID-19 cases have started treating their sickest patients with dexamethasone rather than await confirmation of preliminary results of a study by British researchers, who said the inexpensive steroid saves lives. FILE PHOTO: An ampoule of Dexamethasone is seen during the coronavirus disease…
New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Delaware will allow beaches and lakeshores to open next Friday at a reduced capacity. New York City’s beaches will remain closed.Right NowWith warm weather expected, police officers in New York City will be deployed at some parks to prevent overcrowding. Cases and deaths in New York State March April…
New York Democrats told national party leaders that the state’s presidential primary will take place on June 23.Right NowFifty-two children in New York City have been found to have a rare inflammatory syndrome linked to the coronavirus, Mayor de Blasio said. Cases and deaths in New York State March April May 7-day average New cases…
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…