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Enlarge / A COVID-19 blood test is administered outside of Delmont Medical Care on April 22, 2020 in Franklin Square, New York. The test identifies antibodies to the coronavirus. Frustrated statisticians and epidemiologists took to social media this week to call out substantial flaws in two widely publicized studies trying to estimate the true spread…
CORONAVIRUS The latest complaint, filed April 15, says an employee tested positive and had been working for the past two weeks. ALBANY, Ore. — At least two complaints of coronavirus-related job hazards were reported to the state of Oregon at a frozen food plant that is now the site of a COVID-19 outbreak.On Friday, officials…
Though the coronavirus is primarily a respiratory disease that affects the lungs, it can cause heart, kidney, and brain problems.Doctors have reported blood clots in patients with severe cases. A group of experts in New York City have also recorded a handful of cases in which young coronavirus patients experienced large-vessel strokes, which involve a blood…
Irene Miller/ Shutterstock">In order to slow the spread of COVID-19, many countries around the world have implemented protective strategies. These include quarantine and social distancing, school closures, and closing restaurants and other public places. Governments have also advised people to take greater measures to protect themselves from contracting the disease, including washing hands and wearing…
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…