169 new coronavirus deaths in Massachusetts, nearly 1,600 new cases in state The Massachusetts Department of Public Health confirmed 169 new COVID-19-related deaths across the state Sunday, bringing the state's total to 2,899.The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases rose to 54,938 after 1,590 new cases were reported by state health officials on April 26.The…
JACINTA BOWLER 27 APRIL 2020 Depending on who you ask and where you are, wearing a mask can be an important part of the strategy to stop the spread of SARS-CoV-19.With the CDC recommending surgical and N95 masks should be kept for medical personnel on the front line, if you do want or need a mask, you…
BOSTON (AP) — Before her double-lung transplant, Joanne Mellady could barely put on a shirt without losing her breath. Afterwards, she barely stopped moving.Mellady, who died of the coronavirus in March, had a bucket list that made her family blush.Since getting her transplant in 2007, the widow and former technology consultant from the town of…
Officials in South Korea are calling for caution amid reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may be ill, emphasising that they have detected no unusual movements across the border in the north. At a closed-door forum on Sunday, South Korea's Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul, who oversees engagement with the North, said the government…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street, London, as he resumes working after spending two weeks recovering from Covid-19.Stefan Rousseau - PA ImagesThe U.K.'s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there would be no quick lifting of restrictions in the country, as he made his first public statement since returning to work…
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…