The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released materials stressing the importance of reopening schools, adding that school closures disrupt critical services to children and families."The best available evidence indicates if children become infected, they are far less likely to suffer severe symptoms," the CDC said in the guidance, citing studies, and added that…
People walk along King Street last week in Charleston, S.C. South Carolina is one of many states in the U.S. struggling with a rising number of coronavirus cases. Sean Rayford/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Sean Rayford/Getty Images People walk along King Street last week in Charleston, S.C. South Carolina is one of many states…
MADISON (WKOW) -- Wisconsin returned its second-highest single-day COVID-19 case total of the pandemic, according to data released by state health officials Thursday. The Department of Health Services reported 15,264 new test results, of which 1,052--or 6.9 percent--came back positive, according to the numbers released today. The remaining tests, 93.1 percent returned negative results. However,…
18 ReferencesRelated ArticlesAbstract BackgroundHydroxychloroquine and azithromycin have been used to treat patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). However, evidence on the safety and efficacy of these therapies is limited. MethodsWe conducted a multicenter, randomized, open-label, three-group, controlled trial involving hospitalized patients with suspected or confirmed Covid-19 who were receiving either no supplemental oxygen or a…
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump announced Thursday he is canceling the Jacksonville portion of the Republican National Convention that had been planned next month because of the coronavirus pandemic, a major setback in his effort to energize his struggling bid for reelection. "The timing for this event is not right," Trump told reporters at the White House…
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…