A healthcare worker collects samples using a nasal swab at a mobile COVID-19 testing facility, in Miami Beach, Florida, United States on July 24, 2020.Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesCoronavirus outbreaks in Arizona, Florida and Texas appear to be slowing down as more people practice social distancing and states halt reopening plans. On Sunday,…
A coronavirus mask mandate snared a migrant smuggler in Texas this month after he was forced to leave one of his mask-less victims in a car while he went into a store for cigarettes, giving the man a chance to signal for help. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents say the accused smuggler had been holding…
Coronavirus hospitalizations among children in Florida rose by more than 20 percent over a period of eight days in July as schools prepare to reopen across the state despite a sustained surge in infections. Florida health authorities released data showing that 303 children below the age of 18 were hospitalized with COVID-19 as of July 24.…
Coronavirus may inflict the same damage as heart attacks: Study finds disturbing signs of the infection's cardiac effects in more than 75% of survivorsTwo studies by German researchers found disturbing signs of heart damage in people who survived or died of coronavirus More than 75% of survivors had high levels of a protein in their blood…
A health worker collects a nasal swab from a man during a random testing for COVID-19 in Itagui, Columbia.Photo: Joaquin Sarmiento (Getty Images)Scientists might be closer to understanding one of the most common symptoms of even mild covid-19: the loss of smell and taste. A new study suggests that infection by the novel coronavirus can…
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…