A blood test for coronavirus. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) Positive antibody tests in two Snohomish County residents indicate that COVID-19 could have possibly arrived in Washington state as far back as December. Seattle scientist details ‘gold standard’ for tracking COVID-19 outbreak According to a report from The Seattle Times, a woman named Jean fell ill in…
Three members of the White House coronavirus taskforce have placed themselves in self-quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19. It comes as the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, prepares to unveil his roadmap to a new normal…
Three members of the White House coronavirus taskforce have placed themselves in self-quarantine after contact with someone who tested positive for Covid-19. It comes as the British prime minister, Boris Johnson, prepares to unveil his “roadmap” to a new normality in a national broadcast and global infections pass four million. Dr Anthony Fauci, the director…
Right NowThe U.S. unemployment rate hit 14.7 percent and 20.5 million jobs were lost in April — devastation not seen since the Great Depression.April’s job losses highlight the depth of the pandemic’s devastation. +1 million –1 RECESSION –5 –10 –15 –20,500,000 Jobs lost in April –20 ‘06 ‘08 ‘10 ‘12 ‘14 ‘16 ‘18 ‘20 +1…
A sample taken on Dec. 27 from a French patient with pneumonia has tested positive for coronavirus, nearly a month before the disease was first officially acknowledged to have emerged in France.Commuters at the Gare de l’Est train station in Paris in late December. France’s first case may have arrived by that time.Credit...Christophe Archambault/Agence France-Presse…
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…