A law firm in Scottsdale, Arizona, tested employees who hoped, with the prick of a finger, to learn if they might be immune. In Laredo, Texas, community leaders secured 20,000 of the new tests to gauge how many residents had been infected. In Chicago, a hospital screened firefighters to help determine whether they could safely…
Joel Shannon, USA TODAY Published 8:52 a.m. ET April 19, 2020 | Updated 2:24 p.m. ET April 19, 2020CLOSE We answer the often searched question: "What are the symptoms of coronavirus versus the flu?" USA TODAYVarious social distancing orders across the USA helped slow the spread of the coronavirus, but states are feeling increasing pressure…
But to many health experts, governors, and lawmakers, Trump’s approach looks like a slow-motion repeat of his administration’s initial failure to prepare for the deadly virus last winter. As he careens into a second, potentially chaotic phase of his response, they say he risks reigniting the spread by ignoring calls for a stronger federal role…
SEATTLE (AP) — Before stay-at-home orders are lifted, the nation’s public health agencies want to be ready to douse any new sparks of coronavirus infection — a task they say could require tens of thousands more investigators to call people who test positive, track down their contacts and get them into quarantine.Without the extra help,…
President Donald Trump. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo President Donald Trump is expected Thursday to discuss a phased reopening of the economy tied to the availability of coronavirus testing and largely deferring to state leaders, according to people familiar with the matter. The guidelines, which Trump said in a tweet he'd reveal in an evening news…
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…