Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers have been working around the clock to find an effective treatment. The first drug to show promise is dexamethasone, a cheap, widely available steroid. A large clinical trial run by the University of Oxford showed that the drug cut the risk of death for COVID-19 patients on…
Now that COVID-19 testing is widely available in central Ohio, What's the process like? And we ask officials: Who should get tested, really? What does it cost? From the early days of the coronavirus…
CLOSE Florida officials say more beaches will be closing again to avoid further spread of the new coronavirus as they try to tamp down on large gatherings amid a spike in confirmed COVID-19 cases. (June 29) AP DomesticAs COVID-19 cases surge across the nation, more states are moving to combat the spread of the virus:…
Summer has just begun, but health officials are already warning Americans that the fall and winter months ahead will likely be challenging. Once flu season begins, the U.S. will have to worry about not one, but two contagious viruses.“The real risk is that we’re going to have two circulating respiratory pathogens at the same time,”…
A screenshot of a May 7, 2020 news conference in Portland shows Oregon Gov. Kate Brown holding up her face mask with an image of the state flag on the front.The Oregon Health Authority reported 146 new coronavirus cases and two deaths Monday, ending an unprecedented three-day streak of daily infections topping 200.Disclosure of the…
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…