Scientists at a university in United States’ Southern California may have found the beginnings of a path needed to extend the lifespan of human beings.The research by a team from USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, published on July 10 by the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, shows the drug mifepristone can extend…
A Lauderhill family is in mourning after losing two children to the novel coronavirus just days apart. Over the span of 11 days, both Byron and Mychaela Francis battled with the virus before tragically passing away. “Having to plan two funerals is really hard,” Montete Hicks, mother of Byron and Mychaela, said. Local On June…
Health departments in Denton and Collin counties reported a combined 278 new COVID-19 cases Saturday and one additional death. In Collin County, COVID-19 cases climbed to 4,459 with 151 new infections confirmed by the Texas Department of State Health Services Saturday. Since March, Collin County has reported 56 deaths related to the virus. No new…
"Just before the patient died, they looked at their nurse and said 'I think I made a mistake, I thought this was a hoax, but it's not.'" By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JULY 12, 2020 05:49 Teenagers partying 521 (photo credit: Courtesy) A patient in their 30s who contracted the novel coronavirus at a "COVID party"…
When the first cases of coronavirus were detected in the United States, Samantha Tillman didn’t take it too seriously. In late May, after Gov. Greg Abbott rolled back lockdown rules and allowed bars in Texas to partly reopen, Tillman, 29, went out to lift a few cold ones, just because it had been so long.…
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…