The World Health Organization on Tuesday walked back comments from a top official who said it was “very rare” for someone to contract the coronavirus from an asymptomatic carrier. “Some estimates of around 40 percent of transmission may be due to asymptomatic [cases], but those are from models. So I didn’t include that in my…
The World Health Organization clarified comments an official made on Monday that called asymptomatic transmission of the coronavirus "very rare," saying in a press conference that these carriers do take part in spreading the virus but that more information is needed to know by how much.What they're saying: WHO official Maria Van Kerkhove clarified Tuesday…
St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter on Saturday walked back a prior claim that all those arrested in city riots a day earlier were from out of state, reportedly saying he was given inaccurate police data.“I take full responsibility for that,” he said, according to Star Tribune reporter Torey Van Oot.MINNEAPOLIS MAYOR SAYS 'WHITE SUPREMACISTS,' 'OUT…
TOPLINE Melvin Carter, the mayor of Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Saturday said he was wrong when he declared that “every person” arrested in violent Minneapolis protests was from out of state. St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter gave an update on the names of the police officer-involved in the ... [+] shooting of William "Billy" Hughes…
The World Health Organization has retreated from its claim last week that there is “no evidence” that recovered coronavirus patients will be resistant to future infections, saying that most will enjoy some level of immunity. In the now-deleted tweet, WHO said, “There is currently no evidence that people who have recovered from #COVID19 and have…
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…