Tom Peeling wanted his teeth cleaned and wasn't going to let the coronavirus pandemic get in the way.Luckily, his six-month regular appointment was scheduled for earlier this month, just days after dental offices were allowed to reopen in Florida for routine services. In late March, the state ordered dentists to treat only emergency cases as…
FARGO — Gene Bad Hawk’s battle with the coronavirus began with headaches and fever. Over the ensuing 20 days since his diagnosis he would bounce between motel isolation rooms and hospital beds. Before he entered the hospital the fourth time, on May 5, he called his friends and relatives and asked them to pray for…
For one Rikers Island correction officer, the low point came when he and his wife were both extremely sick with the coronavirus. She could hardly breathe and begged him to make sure she was not buried in a mass grave, he recalled. He was sure he had contracted the disease working in the jailhouse, where…
Local healthcare workers process people at the Baton Rouge General Mid-City location, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, during testing that resumed from 1-3 p.m. Tuesday, for those with a doctor's pre-approval, for the novel coronavirus COVID-19. Local healthcare workers process people at the Baton Rouge General Mid-City location, Tuesday, March 24, 2020, during testing that resumed…
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…