Key Words Published: April 23, 2020 at 10:56 a.m. ET Bill Gates, a steady voice during the coronavirus pandemic. Getty Images “ ‘It is impossible to overstate the pain that people are feeling now and will continue to feel for years to come... No one who lives through Pandemic 1 will ever forget it.’ ”…
More than two dozen new cases of COVID-19 have been reported at a Woodland nursing home.Sixty-four cases of the virus, including 33 staff members and 31 residents, have been reported at the Stollwood Convalescent Home at St. John’s Village.Six residents have died, according to the Yolo County Public Health Department.Here are three things to know…
DEAR ABBY: During the past year, my wonderful father-in-law was widowed and became unable to live alone. He lives with us now and is part of our daily life. However, he has dementia. Jeanne Phillips He is still quite social and verbal. If you met him, you might not realize that his short-term memory rarely…
Make wise use of the funds the government is providing. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. federal government passed a $2 trillion stimulus bill, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Stimulus Act or CARES Act. The Act does many different things to help Americans, including giving most people stimulus payments of $1,200 per adult…
As New York, California and other states begin to see their numbers of new COVID-19 cases level off or even slip, it might appear as if we’re nearing the end of the pandemic. President Donald Trump and some governors have pointed to the slowdown as an indication that the day has come for reopening the…
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…