People wait in line to receive groceries at the St. Mark AME Church – The Voices of Hagar food pantry during the coronavirus pandemic, Tuesday, May 12, 2020, in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)APNew York — A new study has found the coronavirus was in New York…
Adm. Brett Giroir. | Alex Brandon/AP Photo Brett Giroir, the coronavirus testing czar, said Wednesday that the United States' coronavirus testing capacity is at risk of being overwhelmed in some states by a surge in new infections and increased surveillance efforts in nursing homes and jails. “It is absolutely correct that some labs across the…
Researchers claim test is accurate, inexpensiveA virus (WDIV)DETROIT – Officials with Beaumont Health said they have developed a new test that can detect the coronavirus (COVID-19) in saliva, urine or blood within 30-45 minutes.Researchers at the Aikens Research Center said results were found to be highly accurate. They said the test is relatively inexpensive to…
Fourth of July fireworks shows, cookouts and beach vacations will look very different this year. As Covid-19 cases continue to surge across the country, the issue of how to celebrate and socialize safely is top of mind for many Americans.This weekend is "set up a perfect storm" for virus transmission, Dr. Joshua Barocas, infectious disease…
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…