You are here: Home / Medical & Vaccines / NEW: Early results from coronavirus antibody tests in general population April 19, 2020 by Sharyl Attkisson 5 Comments Prevalence of Covid-19 ranged from 2.49% to 4.16%In Santa Clara County, that means an estimated 48,000 to 81,000 people were infected That is 50-85-fold more than the number…
Researchers say they've developed a low-cost swab test that can diagnose COVID-19 infections in about 45 minutes. The CRISPR-based test—which uses gene-targeting technology and requires no specialized equipment—could help relieve testing backlogs in the United States as COVID-19 continues to spread, the scientists said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not approved the test,…
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…