Even if you aren't sick, you should still be wearing a face mask. Sarah Tew/CNET For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO website. To help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, many states across the US are mandating that face masks be worn in public or in areas where…
Keeping your heart healthy may play a role in keeping your memory sharp later in life, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Neurology.Other factors, including not smoking, past high scores on cognitive tests and the presence of a particular gene variant, were also linked to better memory for people in their 90s, the…
35 ReferencesRelated ArticlesIntroductionThe first reports of an unusual cluster of pneumonia cases in the city of Wuhan, China, emerged in December 2019, heralding a global pandemic. As of July 13, 2020, more than 3.3 million U.S. residents have received a diagnosis of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), and more than 135,000 have died.1 Of great concern…
Former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe on Wednesday predicted a 50-state landslide for Joe Biden. In an appearance on CNN, the former Clinton administration official said that by Election Day, President Trump would have only the support of the thousands of people who work on his campaign. And his relatives. “The trajectory that Trump’s going on,…
The world has changed dramatically since the last time major North American sports leagues were in action. Come Thursday, baseball fans will notice the ripple effects of those changes all around the diamond at Nationals Park. Major League Baseball will become the latest and most popular North American sports league to resume competition after 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…