By Ray Rivera | April 20, 2020 at 4:37 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 7:39 PM CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - South Carolina health officials have announced 64 new cases of COVID-19 and four additional virus-related deaths. Monday’s update brings the total number of people confirmed to have COVID-19 in the state to 4,439,…
EMPORIA, Kan. (KAKE) - Health officials in Lyon County have confirmed the locations of three COVID-19 clusters in Emporia and say they're monitoring a possible fourth. Health Officer Renee Hively told KVOE that there are coronavirus clusters at Tyson Foods, Simmons Pet Food and Hostess. Another may be developing at Detroit Remanufacturing.Hively said there were at least 24…
The federal agency that oversees nursing homes announced new transparency measures Sunday requiring the disclosure of coronavirus cases to patients' families and public health officials.Speaking at a White House briefing, Seema Verma, administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, called the new policies "important" and said they will support a nationwide effort to…
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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…