April 19, 2020 | 2:23pm The coronavirus may not be killed by high temperatures, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of Aix-Marseille in France were unable to nuke the virus by placing infected African green monkey kidney cells in a 140-degree Fahrenheit room, according to a study on the pre-print server bioRxiv…
Dr Beckett. We have a lot of questions on kids, as I'm sure you can imagine. Casey wants to know. Is it safe for my asthmatic child to play in our yard? What if an infected individual has recently been walking by on the sidewalk? Can you address these worries of parents everywhere? It's very…
CLOSE Got a minute? Here's how you can help slow the spread of Coronavirus COVID-19 in under 60 seconds. USA TODAYEven before the first horrific phase of the COVID-19 pandemic has run its course, scientists are worried about the second wave of the disease.It could crash worse than the first, killing tens of thousands of people who…
Calvillo Moncada has hourlong phone appointments with five to seven clients each day, which she fits between home-school help for her two children, ages 10 and 16.“Oh my goodness, this is overwhelming and stressful, but doable and hopeful,” Moncada said. Our high-risk areaSanta Rosa infectious disease specialist Dr. Gary Green described the potential for an…
As a clearer picture emerges of COVID-19’s decidedly deadly toll on black Americans, leaders are demanding a reckoning of the systemic policies they say have made many African Americans far more vulnerable to the virus, including inequity in access to health care and economic opportunity. A growing chorus of medical professionals, activists and political figures…
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…