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fired from Sinai-Grace Hospital in the midst of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic for a video she posted to social media is suing the Detroit Medical Center.View the lawsuit below.Kenisa Barkai was terminated last month after she posted a 7-second video on her Facebook page showing the precautions taken to treat the first COVID-19 patient at…
A vaccine for the coronavirus created by researchers at Oxford University will begin trials on humans in the United Kingdom this week, health officials said Tuesday.During a news conference Tuesday afternoon, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock said two vaccines in development by researchers in the U.K. showed notable progress, with…
As laboratories across the globe scramble to make a coronavirus vaccine, manufacturers face shortages of common ingredients and supplies. FiveThirtyEight's Senior Science Writer, Maggie Koerth, explores the unexpected shortages that could delay a vaccine for COVID-19.Read more from Maggie: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/...Website: http://fivethirtyeight.com/Twitter: http://twitter.com/fivethirtyeight/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fivethirtyei... Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/f...Merch: http://fivethirtyeight.com/store
By Nick Viviani |  Posted: Tue 2:15 PM, Apr 21, 2020 MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) -- A dozen more coronavirus-related deaths were reported Tuesday in Wisconsin, bringing the state’s total to 242, according to new numbers from the Department of Health Services. That number, however, does not include the 20th death reported in Dane County earlier this…
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…