A drug developed by Gilead Sciences is showing promise in the fight against COVID-19, with a government study indicating remdesivir has a “clear-cut” effect in cutting the time patients need to recover. “What it has proven is that a drug can block this virus,” said Anthony Fauci, who directs infectious diseases research at the National…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi this week floated the possibility of a guaranteed minimum income as part of a potential Phase 4 response to the coronavirus crisis -- an idea being pushed by left-wing members of the Democratic Party such as…
Find out why Guardian News Loading... Unsubscribe from Guardian News? Working... 1.07M Loading... Loading... Working... Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Sign in Add translations Like this video? Sign in to make your opinion count. Sign in Don't like this video? Sign in to make your…
The U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter, as the coronavirus lockdown began. The April-to-June quarter is expected to be worse. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption toggle caption Nam Y. Huh/AP The U.S. economy shrank in the first quarter, as the coronavirus lockdown began. The April-to-June quarter is expected to be worse. Nam Y. Huh/AP…
In Michigan, some unstaffed highway rest stops are shuttered. In Santa Barbara, Calif., local librarians are out of a job. Dayton, Ohio, has ordered furloughs at nearly every agency, and in Arlington, Tex., police officers and firefighters may soon see painful cuts.Facing an urgent financial crisis, these and other cities and states nationwide are eyeing…
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…