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…
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…