HONG KONG—Chinese health authorities shut parts of Beijing and adopted tight controls after the capital confirmed a record number of new Covid-19 infections, sparking growing concerns about a coronavirus resurgence. Beijing had recorded almost 80 new cases by Sunday, all locally transmitted and linked to Xinfadi, a sprawling meat and vegetable wholesale market in the…
Drivers line up for COVID-19 testing in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles in May. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Kevin Winter/Getty Images Drivers line up for COVID-19 testing in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles in May. Kevin Winter/Getty Images During the coronavirus pandemic, many scientists who usually have nothing…
Russia confirmed 8,246 new coronavirus infections Monday, bringing the country’s official number of cases to 537,210. Over the past 24 hours 143 people have died, bringing the total toll to 7,091 — a rate considerably lower than in many other countries hit hard by the pandemic. A total of 4,489 people recovered over the last 24 hours, bringing…
(CNN)Beijing is reintroducing strict lockdown measures and rolling out mass testing after a fresh cluster of novel coronavirus cases emerged from the city's largest wholesale food market, sparking fe…
Scientists are to test whether an experimental drug can prevent potentially deadly blood clots associated with Covid-19.The trial, funded by the British Heart Foundation, will test the theory the clots are caused by a hormone imbalance triggered by coronavirus infection.It will become one of several drugs currently being trialled to prevent the disease's worst effects.…
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…