Two patients at an Orange County nursing home died this week from COVID-19 as a coronavirus outbreak at the facility has sickened half its residents and several staff members.Thus far, 48 other patients and 24 healthcare staff members at Huntington Valley Healthcare Center, 8382 Newman Ave. in Huntington Beach, have tested positive for the coronavirus,…
By Amanda Lamb, WRAL ReporterGoldsboro, N.C. — Prison officials at the Neuse Correctional Institution in Goldsboro say they quickly subdued an inmate who punched four staff members Tuesday morning. There were only minor injuries, and the inmate was restrained, officials said. But a woman whose 53-year-old brother is an inmate at Neuse says pressure is…
Boeing said it will put about 27,000 people back to work this week building passenger jets at its Seattle-area plants, with virus-slowing precautions in place, including face masks and staggered shifts.It’s among a small number of other manufacturers around the U.S. geared up Monday to resume production amid pressure from President Donald Trump to reopen…
The Cambridge study used a mathematical algorithm that can map the movement of organisms. Photo: Shutterstock Study narrows origin to a period between September and December, after virus mutated to a form that was harmful to humans It is more likely to have come from southern China than Wuhan, but further analysis of bats and…
The coronavirus outbreak could have started as early as mid-September, and the Chinese city of Wuhan may not be where it began, a scientist looking at the origins of the disease has said.Geneticist Peter Forster, from the U.K.'s University of Cambridge, is leading a research project to understand the historical processes that led to the…
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…