Odin Frost and Jordon Granberry were facing long odds.Both were born with conditions that would, at best, make their lives far more difficult than other kids. At birth, they were given around a 2 percent chance of survival. Doctors said neither was likely to make it past age seven -- and if they did, they’d…
Three states would likely lose seats in the House of Representatives if President Trump's order stands to exclude illegal immigrants from the apportionment process that allocates seats based on the census.According to a study from the Pew Research Center, California, Florida and Texas would each end up with one less representative than they would otherwise get,…
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Are you making this major mask mistake? Shutterstock In the absence of medical grade personal protective equipment (PPE), many of us have turned to homemade cloth masks to help stop the spread of coronavirus. But increasingly, research has shown that not all masks are created equal, and some are downright ineffective. A new video case…
New research could mean the market opportunity for COVID-19 vaccines might be bigger than expected. Or maybe not. New twists and turns continue to come in the scramble to develop a COVID-19 vaccine. Last week, Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) reported more great results from a phase 1 study of its vaccine candidate mRNA-1273. This week, medical journal…
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…