The ban on evictions in Illinois has been extended until late September as public health experts warn the state is among the areas of the country facing a “perfect storm” of risk factors for transmitting the highly contagious disease this fall. The ban had been set to expire Saturday, but Gov. J.B. Pritzker issued an…
Scientists are expressing some doubts about the Food and Drug Administration's emergency use authorization for convalescent plasma as a treatment for Covid-19 patients. In a Sunday news briefing, President Donald Trump touted the treatment as a "breakthrough." Former FDA chief Dr. Scott Gottlieb told CNBC that while there was enough data to justify the authorization, the…
A COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, Texas on July 28th, 2020. Go Nakamura/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Go Nakamura/Getty Images A COVID-19 patient in the intensive care unit at the United Memorial Medical Center, Houston, Texas on July 28th, 2020. Go Nakamura/Getty Images Leslie Cutitta…
9:13AM Face masks compulsory in Seoul as South Korea battles surge in cases South Korea's capital has ordered the wearing of masks in both indoor and outdoor public places for the first time, as it battles a surge in coronavirus cases centred in the densely populated metropolitan area. "If we fail to flatten the curve…
Illinois Public Health officials on Sunday reported 1,893 newly confirmed cases of COVID-19 and six additional deaths. That brings the state’s total to 220,178 cases and 7,880 fatalities. There were 54,351 tests reported, a day after the state set another testing record with 56,766 tests. If Illinois doesn’t bring its steadily rising coronavirus numbers down…
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…