A group of Republican House members, led by Rep. Louis Gohmert of Texas, introduced a resolution Thursday that would effectively ban the Democratic Party from the House or force a party name change over past slavery ties -- a response to the recent efforts to remove tributes to past members of the Confederacy from the…
Health officials in Middletown, N.J., are tracking a coronavirus cluster stemming from a teen party – but are getting pushback from parents, according to reports.Authorities said 20 partygoers between the ages of 15 and 19 are believed to have been exposed to the global pandemic at a house party on West Front Street in the city…
MIDDLETOWN, New Jersey -- Health officials in New Jersey are investigating a cluster of coronavirus cases in young adults that may be related to a house party and they say not everyone is cooperating.The Middletown Township Department of Health and Social Services said the cluster of approximately 20 COVID-19 cases in teenagers may be connected…
Dr. Matt Hanserd of Athens-Limestone Hospital is used to dealing with death.As a hospitalist, he routinely treats patients at the end of their lives, patients who have multiple health issues to be juggled, often patients who will not survive their stay.It’s not the deaths caused by COVID-19 that bothers him. It’s the sheer number of…
Home-made cloth face masks likely need a minimum of two layers, and preferably three, to prevent the dispersal of viral droplets from the nose and mouth that are associated with the spread of COVID-1…
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…