Aurelien Meunier/Getty For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. More than 200 scientists and experts across the globe penned an open letter on Monday to public health bodies, including the World Health Organization, arguing there's significant evidence the coronavirus can persist in the air and spread in…
A man gets tested for coronavirus at a COVID19 testing center on July 7, 2020 in Austin, Texas.Sergio Flores | Getty ImagesTexas reported more than 10,000 additional Covid-19 cases Tuesday, a record-breaking daily surge as the state responds to a growing outbreak and an increase in hospitalizations. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission reported 10,028…
It shouldn't "be a surprise" if the global death toll from the coronavirus begins to pick up pace again as the pandemic shows signs of accelerating across the globe, World Health Organization officials said Tuesday. For the month of June, reported Covid-19 cases around the world have accelerated while the death toll has been falling, Dr. Mike Ryan, executive director…
COVID-19The number of coronavirus deaths and hospitalizations have each topped 1,000, according to the latest Alabama Department of Public Health figures.ADPH’s July 7 10 a.m. numbers show 45,263 cases in the state, an increase of 888 over yesterday. Following two days with zero deaths, ADPH is now reporting 23 COVID fatalities, bringing the total to…
Dashed Arrow Erica Chavis gets her nails done by Andy Pahm through a plexiglass barrier at A.N. Nails in Harlem Seth Wenig/AP/Shutterstock This is our daily update of breaking COVID-19 news for Tuesday, July 7h, 2020. Previous daily updates can be found here, and up-to-date statistics are here.New York City is in Phase 3 of…
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…