Monthly Archives: May, 2020

Michigan Democratic Representative Karen Whitsett told President Donald Trump Thursday that she had filed a lawsuit against state Governor Gretchen Whitmer.Whitsett did not reveal why the lawsuit was filed or what it alleged. Governor Whitmer has been the subject of numerous lawsuits, many from members of the state GOP, who attempted to limit the governor's…

Talk of a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks made headlines last week when Democrats in the House of Representatives passed a new bill including those payments.But another round of federal relief checks is far from a done deal. Americans should brace themselves for a potentially long wait for that money, if it comes at…

Sunlight appears to inactivate the coronavirus which causes COVID-19, according to a study.Scientists found imitation sunlight "rapidly inactivated" SARS-CoV-2 on stainless steel coupons in a lab. The findings were published in The Journal of Infectious Diseases.Past studies have shown that SARS-CoV-2 can linger in the right conditions on non-porous indoor surfaces for days, the authors…

A leading scientist has reportedly called for a more rapid exit from lockdown. (Picture: PA)A leading scientist has called for lockdown rules to be loosened more quickly, saying the coronavirus pandemic has already infected half of Britain’s population and is “on its way out”.Prominent Oxford epidemiologist Professor Sunetra Gupta told unherd.com that the UK had…

A Rady Children's Hospital patient who contracted COVID-19 also tested positive for multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare disease being investigated for its connection to the novel coronavirus in children. MIS-C, formerly called Pediatric Inflammatory Multisystem Syndrome (PIMS), has been described by medical experts as a "mystery" illness linked to COVID-19. A spike…