The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. /VCG The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine. /VCG The antimalarial drug hydroxychloroquine, which was touted by U.S. President Donald Trump, was found effective in treating COVID-19 patients by a new study after many others said no.The study, led by a research team from Henry Ford Health System in southeast Michigan, U.S., was published…
Here’s something worth drinking to.A recently published study shows that while drinking alcohol isn’t necessarily healthy, there are some benefits associated with low to moderate drinking. That doesn’t mean, however, that there aren’t any risks associated with drinking, even if it isn’t heavy or regular.The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Georgia, California…
Roger Stone leaves Federal Court after a sentencing hearing February 20, 2020, in Washington, D.C. BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/Getty Images President Donald Trump left little doubt that he wants to pardon longtime ally and confidant Roger Stone a day after a federal judge set a date for him to report to serve his federal prison sentence. On…
Scientists not involved in the study seriously doubt the findings, which challenge the current consensus on where and when the virus originated.A coronavirus patient in Barcelona, Spain, was taken outside after spending some weeks in the I.C.U. at the Hospital del Mar earlier this month.Credit...David Ramos/Getty ImagesJune 26, 2020Updated 4:13 p.m. ETIn a study not…
As more and more people weather infections from coronavirus, testing for the virus’ antibodies have become increasingly popular. However, medical experts have cautioned those who appear to have immune system protections against reinfection that they may not be invulnerable in the long term, as so much remains to be discovered about COVID-19. A new study…
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…