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A nurse wears personal protective equipment (PPE) as she cares for a coronavirus COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit (I.C.U.) at Regional Medical Center on May 21, 2020 in San Jose, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesIt's been almost eight months since Chinese scientists first identified the coronavirus and doctors are still discovering new symptoms…
Makeda Atkinson, 46, was sentenced Tuesday to serve 15½ years in federal prison, according to online court records. Donald Adams, 63, had previously been sentenced in January to serve 10½ years.The two men, both from the port city of Brunswick, had pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess a controlled substance with intent to distribute, prosecutors…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption BV bacteria covering cells Oral sex may create an environment for a common vaginal condition called bacterial vaginosis or BV, according to research in the journal PLoS Biology. BV is not a sexually transmitted infection. It is an imbalance of the usual bacteria found in the vagina. Women who…
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…