(CNN)Do you wince as you walk, or wake up with aches and pains? It could be down to your genes -- your Neanderthal genes, that is. Many of us are part Neanderthal, with our genes carrying traces of…
The outbreak at Newark Care and Rehabilitation Center began on July 1, according to Licking County Health Department. NEWARK, Ohio — Eleven residents of a nursing home in Newark are dead after an outbreak of coronavirus inside the facility, according to Licking County Health Department (LCHD). According to health officials, the outbreak at Newark Care…
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Dr. Deborah Birx is calling for 11 major cities seeing a spike in COVID-19 cases to take “aggressive” steps in order to curb their outbreaks.According to a report from the Center for Public Integrity, Las Vegas is one of those cities. The recommendation took place during a weekly call with local…
MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey (WABC) -- Health officials in New Jersey are investigating a cluster of coronavirus cases all linked to a house party.Authorities say the cluster of approximately 20 COVID-19 cases are connected through a party on West Front Street in Middletown on July 11."If you think your child may have attended such a party…
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…