COVID-19 does not impact us all the same. In fact, a growing body of evidence finds that the virus seems to hit men harder than women. Early in the epidemic, researchers' best guess was that the difference could be chalked up to higher rates of smoking among men, which may have made them more vulnerable…
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Image copyright Getty Images More than nine in 10 people dying with coronavirus have an underlying health condition, figures from the Office for National Statistics show.The ONS looked at nearly 4,000 deaths during March in England and Wales where coronavirus was mentioned on the death certificate.In 91% of cases the individuals had other health problems.The…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.Facebook announced the latest effort to clamp down on the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic, saying it will warn users if they have "liked, reacted or commented" on content that has been deemed "harmful" and removed by the tech…
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…