A study finds that improving ventilation can significantly lower the amount of time the coronavirus can stay airborne, slowing its spread. Dr. Jon LaPook explains.
Senate stimulus deal includes individual checks virus economic stimulus plan USA dollar cash ... [+] banknote on American flag Global pandemic Covid 19 lockdown Getty The U.S. government has sent some 159 million stimulus checks to individuals and families as a result of the $2 trillion CARES Act, which was passed in March. An additional…
The World Health Organization kicked up a firestorm on Monday regarding the coronavirus, and specifically, how it’s transmitted — with the WHO asymptomatic spread comments causing some people to wonder if we’ve overreacted to COVID-19. One WHO official said the asymptomatic spread of the virus is “very rare,” which implied that the coronavirus lockdowns may…
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…