SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s second most populous state said on Monday it is considering reimposing social distancing restrictions after the country reported its biggest one-day rise in new coronavirus infections in more than two months. Propelled by Victoria state reporting 75 cases, Australia recorded 85 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, its biggest…
(CNN Business)Outdoor apparel brand The North Face has become the best-known company yet to commit to an advertising boycott of Facebook in light of the social media platform's handling of misinforma…
The Lighthouse Pentecostal Church in Union County. At least 236 coronavirus cases have been linked to an outbreak at the church, which is located in Union County’s Island City. (Ronald Bond/The Observer via AP) APA large coronavirus outbreak in a small northeast Oregon county grew by 119 new cases Tuesday, yet again pushing the state…
A drug due to be trialled on selected NHS patients could be the “biggest step forward in the treatment of coronavirus since the crisis began”, the health secretary has said.Matt Hancock, speaking at Tuesday’s daily coronavirus briefing, discussed the UK’s trial of anti-viral drug remdesivir.He said there had been “promising early results” in some patients…
Editors, USA TODAY Published 4:04 p.m. ET May 25, 2020 | Updated 4:46 p.m. ET May 25, 2020CLOSEThe most talked about accessory this Memorial Day? The face mask. More specifically: Which leaders – and partygoers – are wearing them and which are not?The Memorial Day holiday comes as the United States braces to pass the 100,000 mark in…
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…