A Brazilian study testing the antimalarial drug chloroquine for COVID-19 had to be stopped early in one group of patients taking a high dose of the drug, after some patients in this group developed dangerous heart rhythm problems . Chloroquine and the rel…
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- An 18-year-old man brought in to be booked into the Fresno County Jail for auto theft last Friday has tested positive for COVID-19.The Sheriff's Office says the suspect was showing symptoms for the virus, so instead of processing him,…
KEY POINTS A team of researchers from Taiwan and Australia found evidence of new coronavirus mutationIt could potentially affect current vaccine developmentsOther experts, however, have yet to peer-review the findings As …
His colleagues at the hospital put him on the anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine, whose effectiveness for the coronavirus is still unknown, but Dr. Padgetts condition continued to worsen. By March 16, his heart was struggling, his kidneys were failing and…
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…