Editor's note: There's been speculation on the media and via Twitter that DNA fragments of the now-defunct 1918 flu pathogen could be preserved under the permafrost and might pose a potential threat to humans if the warming Earth continues to melt layers of frozen soil. A few years ago, we investigated that question: Could this…
Psychiatrists are confronted with an urgent natural experiment, and the outcome is far from predictable.Credit...Andrea UciniMay 19, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ETThe mental health toll of the coronavirus pandemic is only beginning to show itself, and it is too early to predict the scale of the impact.The coronavirus pandemic is an altogether different kind of cataclysm…
Coronavirus, just let me sleep, please! Ute Grabowsky/Photothek via Getty Images For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. My first coronavirus dream took me to Seattle's Sea-Tac airport. Not only was I about to board a plane at a time when travel was practically shut down, but…
With the world turned upside down by the novel coronavirus, Joe Biden has refashioned his presidential campaign to shift from an emphasis on steadiness and stability to the promise of big, bold change.While the fundamentals of Biden’s White House bid remain the same — with a call for such Democratic standbys as expanded healthcare and…
CLOSE If school has been canceled and you're stuck at home with the kids, you can still help them learn valuable lessons even if you're not an expert. USA TODAYChild care during the coronavirus pandemic can best be described as clinical. Temperature checks, hand-washing and face masks are constants now at preschools and child care centers…
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…