For a brief moment, California returned to bars, beaches and Botox. But after a few days, much of the state is reversing course as hospitals see an alarming spike in people sick with COVID-19, raising the specter of an overwhelmed medical system.“It’s scary,” said Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UC San Francisco. “We…
More and more state officials are hitting pause or rolling back efforts to reopen the economy as the coronavirus spreads to new communities and gains speed in many parts of the U.S. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey became the latest official to roll back reopening in his state late Monday after weeks of increasing cases. On…
Dr. Anthony Fauci and other top health officials will speak about the virus, which is surging in at least 30 states. The virus is on the upswing in the Russian hinterlands, even as a national referendum looms.Right NowThe Paycheck Protection Program, the U.S. government’s relief program for small businesses during the pandemic, is winding down…
matterGrowing evidence shows most infected people aren’t spreading the virus. But whether you become a superspreader probably depends more on circumstance than biology.A makeshift emergency room in Brescia, Italy, in March. It was set up to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.Credit...Alessandro Grassani for The New York TimesJune 30, 2020, 12:01 a.m. ETAt a May 30…
Scientists are trying to understand a mutation of the novel coronavirus seen around the globe that some believe could make the virus more contagious, according to a report.The mutation, officially designated D614G or "G" for short, has been found to affect the virus' spike protein, which is a structure that allows it to enter human cells. The more effective the spike…
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…