As the weeks and months pass since the novel coronavirus was discovered, researchers continue to work overtime to grasp the mysterious illness and its varied symptoms. Nearly every day, a new study reveals more insight into how COVID-19 impacts the immune system. The latest include a study that links evidence between the virus and “COVID toes,”…
Allegheny Co. officials looking at changing event limits, outdoor dining as COVID-19 cases continue spike PITTSBURGH — After a second straight day of over 200 COVID-19 cases reported in Allegheny County, leaders held a news conference Tuesday afternoon. Dr. Debra Bogen with the Allegheny County Health Department said at the news conference that her agency…
Dr. Jeff Duchin. (Getty Images) A rise in COVID-19 cases across Washington state continues to alarm local health officials, including Seattle-King County Public Health’s Dr. Jeff Duchin. Bellevue modeler warns of ‘catastrophic outcomes’ Duchin warned last week that a recent uptick in cases was “getting serious.” In the time since, four out of the last…
July 7, 2020 2:59 PM Brandon Arbuckle Posted: July 7, 2020 2:59 PM Updated: July 7, 2020 3:05 PM This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab.MADISON, Wis. — After…
A long-acting drug injected every two months is more effective at preventing HIV than the pills most commonly used by people at risk of acquiring the infection, according to research released Tuesday at an international AIDS conference.The drug cabotegravir was tested on more than 4,500 cisgender men who have sex with men and transgender women…
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…