Donald Trump has revealed he is taking hydroxychloroquine to protect against coronavirus, an anti-malaria treatment the Food and Drug Administration has warned against on the grounds that it can cause fatal heart conditions in some cases. The president was roundly criticised over the admission, with House speaker Nancy Pelosi warning that it places “morbidly obese”…
This article is republished here with permission from The Associated Press. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. SALEM, Ore. (AP) — A judge in rural Oregon on Monday tossed out statewide coronavirus restrictions imposed by Democratic Gov.…
Massachusetts-based biotech company Moderna, one of the first drug companies to begin human trials for a COVID-19 vaccine, announced Monday that all the 45 patients who took part in the trials developed COVID-19 antibodies, fuelling enthusiasm that a safe and effective vaccine could soon be available.The vaccine, referred to in scientific communities as mRNA-1273, was…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. The mayor of Ithaca, N.Y., said the city could face dire consequences if its local colleges don't reopen their campuses this fall due to the coronavirus, according to a report on Monday.“If the students don’t come back in the fall, we’re…
President Trump revealed Monday he has been taking a malaria drug that he once spotlighted as a promising treatment for the coronavirus despite the lack of clinical proof. Mr. Trump said hydroxychloroquine has been around for decades and he’s “heard a lot of good stories” from COVID-19 patients. “I happen to be taking it,” Mr.…
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…