An exclusive analysis of Santa Clara County death records shows the coronavirus is hitting hardest in the poor, largely Latino neighborhoods of East San Jose, where death rates are far higher than in wealthier areas. According to records obtained by the Bay Area News Group, more than a third of the county’s first 100 deaths…
9.15am EDT 09:15 Fauci will still appear before Senate despite quarantine This is from Paula Reid of CBS, a reporter who has challenged Donald Trump publicly recently and gained a certain amount of fame as a result: Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) FAUCI UPDATE: WH still plans for Dr. Fauci & Adm Giroir to appear in person…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.New questions have emerged this week over the accuracy of the COVID-19 death numbers.The number of deaths caused by COVID-19 has sparked debate, with some claiming they are being undercounted, while others -- even top U.S. officials -- contending COVID-19…
An immigration detainee has died of COVID-19 at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego. Elliot Spagat/AP hide caption toggle caption Elliot Spagat/AP An immigration detainee has died of COVID-19 at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego. Elliot Spagat/AP A 57-year-old Salvadoran man who was held at the Otay Mesa Detention Center…
The coronavirus outbreak has taken the lives of at least 72 workers among the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union’s 1.3 million members in supermarkets, pharmacies, meatpacking plants and other essential businesses that have remained open during the crisis, according to the union. The death toll represents a per capita fatality rate of roughly…
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…