into the departure of Rick Bright, who said he was removed as the head of an agency involved in developing a coronavirus vaccine after he pressed for rigorous vetting of unproven drugs embraced by President Trump to combat the virus.“I know that life is difficult for members to travel, but we can’t let that get…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - In sometimes testy testimony before the House Rules Committee, Champaign County GOP Rep. Jim Jordan denounced a Democratic proposal to create a select panel to oversee the federal coronavirus response as nothing more than an election-year effort to discredit President Donald Trump.“This is just one more attempt by the Democrats to go…
Supporters of President Donald Trump react as he arrives to speak to a campaign rally at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Feb. 21, 2020, in Las Vegas. | Evan Vucci/AP Photo Mass casualties from the coronavirus could upend the political landscape in battleground states and shift contests away from President Donald Trump, according to…
A new joint study between American and Chinese scientists suggests that COVID-19 is likely not spread through sexual contact. (Photo: Getty Images)A new study from the University of Utah Health (U of U Health) has revealed a rare bit of good news amid the coronavirus pandemic — namely, that the virus is showing no signs…
New York City announced its first confirmed COVID-19 case on March 1, but there could have been nearly 11,000 infections in the city already by that time, the New York Times reported Thursday. Citing new model data given to the paper by Northeastern University in Boston, the Times also reported there could have been more…
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…