By WMBF News Staff | June 29, 2020 at 6:43 AM EDT - Updated June 29 at 6:50 AM MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (WMBF) – The recent surge in COVID-19 cases throughout the state has prompted a ‘redoubling of efforts’ by Myrtle Beach city leaders to prevent the spread of the virus. According to a post…
Parkinson's patients typically develop the disease's tell-tale tremors. (Getty Images)Mice were “cured” of Parkinson’s disease after a scientific study took an unexpected turn.Scientists from the University of California (UC) in San Diego set out to better understand the role of proteins in connective cells, only to discover a way to transform many different types of…
Knightdale, N.C. — Someone shattered the windows of three businesses in Knightdale overnight. Early Monday morning, Annette Brown, owner of A'Nets Katch Fresh Seafood at 2009 Village Park Drive, posted photos of shattered glass on Facebook, saying someone vandalized Diva Doo's salon, the business next door. "They are busting my building -- please go help…
As young patients fill new virus wards, Houston Methodist is calling nurses to work extra shifts and ramping up its testing efforts.Melissa Estrada, 37, receiving oxygen in a hospital room at Houston Methodist Hospital in Houston on Saturday.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York TimesPublished June 28, 2020Updated June 29, 2020, 12:57 a.m. ETHOUSTON — Melissa Estrada had…
The study was conducted by Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center’s pulmonary institute and based on preliminary data gathered from dozens of patients who suffered from COVID-19. Shaare Zedek Medical team receive a patient with suspension on coronavirus, outside the coronavirus unit at Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on April 16, 2020. (photo credit: NATI SHOHAT/FLASH90)…
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…